New leader portraits

France (XX)

Admiral Abel Nicolas Georges Henri Bergasse du Petit-Thouars (1832-90) + Leaderfile done


Admiral Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard (1833-1903)

(Service 29th December 1886-28th June 1898, Background: generals_aide, Personality: inefficient)

Admiral Adrien Barthélemy Louis Henri Rieunier (1833-1918)

(Service 31st March 1882-5th March 1898, Background: cartographer, Personality: diplomatic)

Auguste Mercier (1833-1921) + Leaderfile done


Jean Louis Brault (1837-99) + Leaderfile done


Georges Ernest Jean Marie Boulanger (1837-91) + Leaderfile done


Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre (1839-1919) + Leaderfile done


Henri Joseph Brugère (1841-1914) + Leaderfile done


Jean Marie Toussaint Pendezec (1842-1913) + Leaderfile done


Admiral Amedée Pierre Léonard Bienaimé (1843-1930)

(Service June 1895-December 1904, Background: politician, Personality: bigoted)

France (XXI)

Admiral Léonce Albert Caillard (1846-1917) + Leaderfile done


Michel Joseph Maunoury (1847-1923) + Leaderfile done

His personality should be changed to "sharp"

Paul Marie Cesar Gérard Pau (1848-1932) + Leaderfile done


Fernand Louis Armand Marie de Langle de Cary (1849-1931) + Leaderfile done

His background should be changed to "aristocrat" and his personality to "indifferent"

Louis Archinard (1850-1932)

(Service 1896-1920, Background: cartographer, Personality: ballsy)

Charles Louis Marie Lanrezac (1852-1925) + Leaderfile done

His background should be changed to "drillmaster" and his personality should be changed to "able"

Admiral Dominique Marie Gauchet (1853-1931) + Leaderfile done


Marie Georges Picquart (1854-1914) + Leaderfile done


Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (1854-1934) + Leaderfile done


Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail (1856-1929) + Leaderfile done

His personality should be changed to "arrogant"

France (XXII)

Admiral Émile Paul Aimable Guépratte (1856-1939)

(Service 21st September 1912-August 1918, Background: school_of_offense, Personality: implacable)

Louis Ernest de Maud'huy (1857-1921) + Leaderfile done


Paul André Marie Maistre (1858-1922)

(Service 23rd September 1912-25th July 1922, Background: professor, Personality: au_fait)

Marie Émile Fayolle (1858-1928) + Leaderfile done

Émile Fayolle became a "général de brigade" in 1910. His background should be changed to "artillerist" and his personality should be changed to "competent".

Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne (1860-36)

(Service 1916-1922, Background: innovative_tactician, Personality: meticulous)

Admiral Marie Jean Lucien Lacaze (1860-1955) + Leaderfile done


Admiral Ferdinand Jean Jacques de Bon (1861-1923)

(Service 28th November 1913-July 1923, Background: gifted_administrator, Personality: diplomatic)

Admiral Louis René Charles Marie Dartigue du Fournet (1862-1935) + Leaderfile done


Henri Mathias Berthelot (1863-1931) + Leaderfile done


Antoine Philippe Thomas Joseph Baucheron de Boissoudy (1864-1926)

(Service 1915-1925, Background: aristocrat, Personality: competent)

France (XXIII)

I've reworked some of the vanilla French leaders:

Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929)


Auguste Yvon Edmond Dubail (1851-1934)


Louis Georges Humbert (1862-1921)


Denis Auguste Duchêne (1862-1950)


Marie Louis Adolphe Guillaumat (1863-1940)

Kaiser Franz said:

Brilliant. How many more French have you got to go, and who's next??

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Thanks for your support, Kaiser

These are the remaining French (26 in total):

Marie Eugène Debeney (1864-1943) + Leaderfile done

Admiral Robert Marie Gabriel Alfred de Marguerye (1865-1929)
(Service January 1918-November 1927, Background: generals_aide, Personality: able)

Admiral Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h (1865-1940) + Leaderfile done

Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin (1866-1925) + Leaderfile done
His background should be changed to "school_of_offense".

Jean Marie Joseph Degoutte (1866-1938) + Leaderfile done

Maxime Gustave Weygand (1867-1965) + Leaderfile done

Edmond Alphonse Léon Buat (1868-1923)
(Service 1915-23, Background: artillerist, Personality: balanced)

Admiral Maxime Le Vavasseur (1869-1936)
(Service December 26th 1919-July 5th 1934, Background: uncommonly_young, Personality: doughty)

Maurice Gustave Gamelin (1872-1958) + Leaderfile done

Eugène Mittelhauser (1873-1949)
(Service 1918-40, Background: drillmaster, Personality: indifferent)

Julien Claude Marie Sosthène Dufieux (1873-1959)
(Service 1917-38, Background: old_school, Personality: gutsy)

Edmond Louis Dosse (1874-1949)
(Service 1926-39, Background: war_college, Personality: doughty)

Pierre Hering (1874-1963)
(Service 1918-39, Background: generals_aide, Personality: able)

André Gaston Pretelat (1874-1969)
(Service 1923-40, Background: school_of_defense, Personality: sharp)

Gaston Henri Gustave Billotte (1875-1940)
(Service 1921-40, Background: war_college, Personality: balanced)

Louis Antoine Colson (1875-1946)
(Service 1929-40, Background: armchair_general, Personality: polite)

Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875-1951)
(Service March 1927-40, Background: generals_aide, Personality: skilled)

Charles Marie Condé (1876-1945)
(Service 2nd June 1928-45, Background: artillerist, Personality: spirited)

Auguste Paul Charles Albert Noguès (1876-1971)
(Service 2nd June 1927-43, Background: colonial, Personality: mediocre)

Georges Catroux (1877-1969)
(Service 1931-45, Background: gifted_administrator, Personality: diplomatic)

André Georges Corap (1878-1953)
(Service 1923-40, Background: colonial, Personality: timid)

Admiral Raoul Victor Patrice Castex (1878-1968)
(Service period: 28th August 1928-November 1939, Background: professor, Personality: openminded)

Henri Honoré Giraud (1879-1949)
(Service 1927-45, Background: school_of_offense, Personality: aweless)

Admiral Jean-Marie Charles Abrial (1879-1962)
(Service period: 5th March 1931-43, Background: war_college, Personality: indifferent)

René Henri Olry (1880-1944)
(Service 1932-42, Background: artillerist, Personality: defiant)

Admiral Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan (1881-1942)
(Service period: 18th November 1929-42, Background: gifted administrator, Personality: perverse)

As you'll notice, I've expanded the amount of French leaders for the interwar years, if you're somewhat familiar with the 1940 France campaign, you'll recognize many names there

Kaiser Franz said:

Looking good. Lots of post-war leaders are needed lol. When I play the ww1 scenario I always end up loosing lots of generals and admirals after the early 20's leaving me with literally only a handful to command all my massive armies. Good to see we're going to be having plenty to pre-occupy the inter-war period with. What country are you going to be doing after these Frenchies then?

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Well, I'm planning to cross the Rhine and begin working with the Germanic countries. Probably I'll be doing Prussia first, then unified Germany, German minor countries and maybe I'll do some wotk with the Austrians then before travelling further east and begin working with Russia

Kaiser Franz said:

Great news. When you do the minors remember those generals I found a fair few pages back for you hehe.

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Yeah, that's for sure . And if you do find any more stuff, don't hesitate to post it here or PM to me

France (XXIV)

Kaiser Franz said:

Well, I've more or less finished my university until the end of the month (revision classes and exams from then on lol) - so i can do a bit of side-research for you. Any countries in particular you need doing, anything like that?

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Well, I had no countries in particular in mind, but if you can find any interesting stuff for the smaller German states, don't hesitate to bring it up here


And now, here's the next bunch of French leaders:


Marie Eugène Debeney (1864-1943) + Leaderfile done


Admiral Robert Marie Gabriel Alfred de Marguerye (1865-1929)

(Service January 1918-November 1927, Background: generals_aide, Personality: able)

Admiral Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h (1865-1940) + Leaderfile done


Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin (1866-1925) + Leaderfile done

His background should be changed to "school_of_offense".

Jean Marie Joseph Degoutte (1866-1938) + Leaderfile done


Maxime Gustave Weygand (1867-1965) + Leaderfile done


Edmond Alphonse Léon Buat (1868-1923)

(Service 1915-23, Background: artillerist, Personality: balanced)

Admiral Maxime Le Vavasseur (1869-1936)

(Service December 26th 1919-July 5th 1934, Background: uncommonly_young, Personality: doughty)

Maurice Gustave Gamelin (1872-1958) + Leaderfile done


Eugène Desiré Antoine Mittelhauser (1873-1949)

(Service 1918-40, Background: drillmaster, Personality: indifferent)

France (XXV)

And here we go again...

Julien Claude Marie Sosthène Dufieux (1873-1959)

(Service 1917-38, Background: old_school, Personality: gutsy)

Edmond Louis Dosse (1874-1949)

(Service 1926-39, Background: war_college, Personality: doughty)

Pierre Hering (1874-1963)

(Service 1918-39, Background: generals_aide, Personality: able)

André Gaston Prételat (1874-1969)

(Service 1923-40, Background: school_of_defense, Personality: sharp)

Gaston Henri Gustave Billotte (1875-1940)

(Service 1921-40, Background: war_college, Personality: balanced)

Louis Antoine Colson (1875-1946)

(Service 1929-40, Background: armchair_general, Personality: polite)

Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875-1951)

(Service March 1927-40, Background: generals_aide, Personality: skilled)

Charles Marie Condé (1876-1945)

(Service 2nd June 1928-45, Background: artillerist, Personality: spirited)

Auguste Paul Charles Albert Noguès (1876-1971)

(Service 2nd June 1927-43, Background: colonial, Personality: mediocre)

Georges Catroux (1877-1969)

(Service 1931-45, Background: gifted_administrator, Personality: diplomatic)