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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Gaston Billotte

1875 - 1940

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Gaston-Henri Billotte (10 February 1875 – 23 May 1940) was a French military officer, remembered chiefly for his central role in the failure of the French Army to defeat the German invasion of France in May 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Billotte has received more than 105,537 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Billotte is the 1,484th most popular military personnel, the 3,987th most popular biography from France and the 133rd most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gaston Billotte ranks 1,484 out of 1,468Before him are John Shalikashvili, Axel von dem Bussche, Lionel Dunsterville, Ivan Maslennikov, Walter Krueger, and Guy Simonds. After him are John Bell Hood, Dragan Vasiljković, Gérard Leman, Billy Bishop, Richard Bong, and Billy Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Gaston Billotte ranks 129Before him are Thomas Xenakis, Federico Laredo Brú, Italo Montemezzi, Albert Ayat, Eugene Lanceray, and Adolfo Díaz. After him are Konstantin Yuon, Giuseppe Vitali, Matt McGrath, Harriet Quimby, Alexandros Nikolopoulos, and Friedrich von Huene. Among people deceased in 1940, Gaston Billotte ranks 140Before him are Otto Toeplitz, Heinrich Kayser, Nikola Ivanov, Arthur De Greef, Charles de Broqueville, and Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer. After him are Sam Eyde, Paul Passy, István Énekes, La Jana, Martti Marttelin, and Harry Stafford.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Billotte ranks 3,987 out of 6,011Before him are Marc Fumaroli (1932), Jean Tiberi (1935), Serge Telle (1955), André Lerond (1930), André Darrigade (1929), and Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt (1731). After him are Émile Souvestre (1806), Louis Garrel (1983), Louis Pouzin (1931), Philippe Jaroussky (1978), Maurice Raynaud (1834), and Henri Laurent (1881).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Gaston Billotte ranks 133Before him are François Perrier (1833), Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires (1753), Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889), François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671), Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863), and François Fournier-Sarlovèze (1773). After him are Billy Mitchell (1879), Fernand de Langle de Cary (1849), Charles Leclerc (1772), and Arnaud Beltrame (1973).