Maxime Weygand (French pronunciation: [vɛɡɑ̃]; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II, as well...

Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander...

mission members included French diplomat, Jean Jules Jusserand, general Maxime Weygand, chief of staff to Marshal Ferdinand Foch (the Supreme Commander of...

the newly formed Ninth Army during the First Battle of the Marne with Maxime Weygand as his chief of staff. Only a week after taking command, with the whole...

territory. In June 1923 the French administration, headed by General Maxime Weygand, allowed individual states to elect their own representative councils...

Decree 2980, which was issued on 5 December 1924 by High Commissioner Maxime Weygand and took effect on 1 January 1925. The decree merged the states of Aleppo...

Maxime Weygand, who claimed his first mission as Commander-in-Chief would be to get a good night's sleep. Gamelin's orders were cancelled and Weygand...

July 1867). This son would become the future French general Maxime Weygand. As an adult, Weygand did indeed share a certain physical resemblance to Alfred...

his predecessor, Maxime Weygand, a fiery right-wing Catholic had spoken on matters well outside of his purview. For an example, Weygand had suggested that...

modernization plan in 1915. Upon its completion, the street was renamed after Maxime Weygand, the High Commissioner of French-mandated Syria and Lebanon who served...

the Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs, and with the support of Maxime Weygand and Lebrun, Pétain stood firm, which led Laval to withdraw, followed...

Maxime Verhagen, former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Weygand, French military commander from World War I and World War II Olympe Maxime,...

General Maxime Weygand and Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel, who all feel that de Gaulle is not fit for office. Following his visit to Weygand, who was aiming...

17 Apr 1923: Robert de Caix [fr] (acting) 19 Apr 1923 – 29 Nov 1924: Maxime Weygand 29 Nov 1924 – 23 Dec 1925: Maurice Sarrail 23 Dec 1925 – 23 Jun 1926:...

in government. They included French diplomat, Jean Jules Jusserand, Maxime Weygand, chief of staff to Marshal Ferdinand Foch (the Supreme Commander of...

ministers Édouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud, former commanders-in-chief Maxime Weygand and Maurice Gamelin, Charles de Gaulle's elder sister Marie-Agnès de...

larger units and forming a defence in depth, was proposed by General Maxime Weygand in 1940 during the Battle of France. However, Allied forces were unable...

General Maxime Weygand claimed that "the French Army was no longer a serious fighting force". Édouard Daladier's new government retaliated against Weygand by...

were forced to retreat to the coastline of France. 20 May: General Maxime Weygand replaces General Maurice-Gustave Gamelin as supreme Allied commander...

particularly Vice-Premier Philippe Pétain and Commander-in-Chief General Maxime Weygand, insisted that the responsibility of the government was to remain in...

from Dunkirk, which cost the Allies 61 divisions. French commander Maxime Weygand was faced with the prospect of defending a 965 km (600 mi) front from...

remembrance. In the West, it was mostly Maxime Weygand who had been assigned a veni, vidi, vici kind of role, even though Weygand himself had honestly denied having...

July 1937 then re-mobilised on 21 May 1940 on the orders of general Maxime Weygand. On 24 May he was put in command of 10th Army, with which he tried to...

September 1939, there was almost no fighting, and no bombs were dropped. Maxime Weygand, commander-in-chief; little military activity between the defeat of...

the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr. He served on the staffs of Maxime Weygand and Hubert Lyautey. Loustaunau-Lacau replaced Charles de Gaulle on the...

was opposed by Darlan's rival, General Maxime Weygand, and the Protocols were never ratified, though Weygand was dismissed at German insistence in November...

the cabinet. Likewise, he did not oppose the appointment of Marshal Maxime Weygand as the new commander-in-chief to replace Maurice Gamelin, which he came...

commander-in-chief Maxime Weygand, who congratulated him on saving France's honour and asked for his advice. On 2 June he sent a memo to Weygand vainly urging...

British representative Other members of the delegation included: General Maxime Weygand, Foch's chief of staff (later French commander-in-chief in 1940) Rear-Admiral...

weapons. French troops were sent into the area, as Général d'armée Maxime Weygand attempted to build up a defence in depth on the south bank of the Somme...