General Maurice Gamelin

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military officer
gptkbp:associatedWith French_military_doctrine
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grand_Officer_of_the_Legion_of_Honor
gptkbp:birthDate April 20, 1872
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Cimetière_de_Montparnasse
gptkbp:children two children
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:French_forces_in_World_War_II
gptkb:French_1st_Army_Group
French_Army_during_WWII
gptkbp:criticism gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:deathDate April 18, 1958
gptkbp:education gptkb:Saint-Cyr_Military_Academy
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun
Battle of the Somme
Battle of France 1940
gptkbp:historicalImpact French_military_history
gptkbp:historicalRole Chief of Staff
gptkbp:historicalSignificance French_military_leadership
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Maurice Gamelin
gptkbp:influence French_military_strategy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Georges_Clemenceau
gptkbp:involvedIn Maginot_Line_strategy
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:legacy controversial figure
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:École_supérieure_de_guerre
gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Versailles,_France
gptkbp:postWarCareer political analyst
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Maxime_Weygand
gptkbp:promotions General in 1939
gptkbp:rank General
gptkbp:retired gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Algerian_War
Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:serviceYears 1894–1940
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Gamelin
gptkbp:strategicGoals gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation
modern warfare
defensive strategy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Alphonse_Georges
gptkbp:wrote La_France_et_la_guerre