A pleasant pose hides a feeling of despair: the Allied commanders in France, May 1940.
(Left to Right)
CGS Gen William E. Ironside, BA
CINC NorthEast Front Général d’Armée Alphonse Joseph Georges, AT
PM the Rt. Hon. Winston L. Spencer-Churchill (CP)
CEMA Général d’Armée Maurice G. Gamelin, AT
Gen Lord John S. S. P. Vereker, BA
Gamelin and Georges would later be relieved in favor of Général d’Armée Maxime Weygand, AT on 18 May 1940.
Pictures shown are purely for educational purposes and no permission has been sought. Names and ranks shown are representative of Allied forces in the latter months of the Battle of France and do not correspond to any certain date. If any errors are found, please contact me.
Chef d’État-Major de l’Armée de Terre (CEMA)
Général d’Armée Maxime Weygand, AT
British Air Forces in France (BAFF)
Air Mshl Arthur S. Barratt, RAF
Advanced Air Strike Force (AASF)
AVM Patrick H. L. Playfair, RAF
No. 67 Wing unk
No. 1 Squadron Berry-au-Bac, Aisne, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 73 Squadron Reims, Paris, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 212 Squadron Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France (Supermarine Spitfires/Bristol Blenheims)
No. 501 Squadron Bétheniville, Marne, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 71 Wing unk
No. 15 Squadron Vraux, Marne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 40 Squadron Bétheniville, Marne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 105 Squadron Villeneuve-les-Vertus, Marne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 114 Squadron Vraux, Marne, France (Bristol Blenheims)
No. 139 Squadron Plivot, Marne, France (Bristol Blenheims)
No. 150 Squadron Écury-sur-Coole, Marne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 75 Wing unk
No. 88 Squadron Mourmelon, Marne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 103 Squadron Bétheniville, Marne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 218 Squadron Auberive, Haute-Marne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 76 Wing unk
No. 12 Squadron Amifontaine, Aisne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 142 Squadron Berry-au-Bac, Aisne, France (Fairey Battles)
No. 226 Squadron Reims, Paris, France (Fairey Battles)
Royal Air Force, British Expeditionary Force (Air Component)
AVM Charles H. B. Blount, RAF
No. 50 Wing unk
No. 4 Squadron Monchy-Lagache, Somme, France (Westland Lysanders)
No. 13 Squadron Douai, Nord, France (Westland Lysanders)
No. 16 Squadron Bertangles, Somme, France (Westland Lysanders)
No. 51 Wing unk
No. 2 Squadron Abbeville, Somme, France (Westland Lysanders)
No. 26 Squadron Dieppe, Seine, France (Westland Lysanders)
No. 81 Squadron Amiens, Amiens, France (Tiger Moths)
No. 52 Wing unk
No. 53 Squadron Poix, Marne, France (Bristol Blenheims)
No. 59 Squadron Poix, Marne, France (Bristol Blenheims)
No. 60 Wing unk
No. 85 Squadron Lille, Nord, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 87 Squadron Senon, Meuse, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 61 Wing unk
No. 607 Squadron Vintry-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 615 Squadron Abbeville, Somme, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 63 Wing unk
No. 3 Squadron Merville, Nord, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 79 Squadron Merville, Nord, France (Hawker Hurricanes)
No. 70 Wing unk
No. 18 Squadron Méharicourt, Somme, France (Bristol Blenheims)
No. 57 Squadron Rosières-en-Santerre, Somme, France (Bristol Blenheims)
French 1st Army Group
Général d’Armée Gaston H. Billotte, AT
British Expeditionary Force
Gen Lord John S. S. P. Vereker, BA
British I Corps
Lt-Gen Michael G. H. Barker, BA
British II Corps
Lt-Gen Alan F. Brooke, BA
British III Corps
Lt-Gen Sir Ronald F. Adam, BA
French First Army
Général d’Armée Georges M. J. Blanchard, AT
Belgian VII Corps
Lieutenant Général Georges F. A. Deffontaine, CT
French Cavalry Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée René J. A. Prioux, AT
French III Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Benoît-Léon de Fornel de La Laurencie, AT
French IV Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Henri M. J. Aymes, AT
French V Corps (Motorized)
Général de Corps d’Armée René Altmayer, AT
French Second Army
Général d’Armée Charles Huntziger, AT
French X Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Pierre-Paul-Jacques Grandsard, AT
French XVIII Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Eugène-Jules Rochard, AT
French Seventh Army
Général d’Armée Henri H. Giraud, AT
French I Corps (Motorized)
Général de Corps d’Armée Théodore M. Sciard, AT
French XVI Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée M.Bertrand A. Fagalde, AT
French Ninth Army
Général d’Armée André-Georges Corap, AT
French II Corps (Motorized)
Général de Corps d’Armée Jean-Gabriel Bouffet, AT
French XI Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Julien-François-René Martin, AT
French XLI Corps (Fortress)
Général de Corps d’Armée Emmanuel-Urbain Libaud, AT
French 2nd Army Group
Général d’Armée André-Gaston Prételat, AT
French Third Army
Général d’Armée Charles-Marie Condé, AT
French VI Corps
Général d’Armée Lucien Loizeau, AT
French XXI Corps
Général d’Armée J. A. L. Robert Flavigny, AT
French XXIV Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée François Fougère, AT
French XLII Corps (Fortress)
Général de Corps d’Armée Désiré-Louis Sivot, AT
French Colonial Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Henry Freydenberg, AT
French Fourth Army
Général d’Armée Edouard-Jean Réquin, AT
French IX Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée A. M. Emile Laure, AT
French XX Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Louis-Eugène Hubert, AT
French Fifth Army
Général d’Armée Victor Bourret, AT
French VIII Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Aubert A. J. Frère, AT
French XII Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Henri F. Dentz, AT
French XVII Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Onésime-Paul Noël, AT
French XLIII Corps (Fortress)
Général de Corps d’Armée Fernand J. L. Lescanne, AT
French 3rd Army Group
Général d’Armée Antoine M. B. Besson, AT
French Eighth Army
Général d’Armée J. J. Marcel Garchery, AT
French VII Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée P. M. Joseph de la Porte du Theil, AT
French XIII Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Georges H. J. B. Misserey, AT
French XLIV Corps (Fortress)
Général de Corps d’Armée Julian-Maurice Tencé, AT
French XLV Corps (Fortress)
Général de Corps d’Armée Marius Daille, AT
French Armée des Alpes
Général d’Armée René H. Olry, AT
French XIV Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Etienne P. E. M. Beynet, AT
French XV Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Alfred M. J. L. Montagne, AT
French XXIII Corps
Général de Corps d’Armée Maxime-Jean-Vincent Germain, AT