Marie-Eugène Debeney Military person
Marie-Eugène Debeney (5 May 1864 – 6 November 1943) was a French Army general. He commanded the large First Army which, fighting alongside British Empire forces, played an important role in the mobile fighting of the second half of 1918, including at the Battle of Amiens and the Storming of the Hindenburg Line.He later served an important term as Chief of the General Staff of the French Army in the 1920s.
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allegiance | 18px France |
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military branch | |
military command | Seventh Army First Army |
service start | 1886 |
service end | 1930 |