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| 1706 | Philippe II of Orleans |  |
| Appointed Commander of the Army in Italy |
| 1707 | Philippe II of Orleans | |
| Appointed Commander of the French Army in Spain |
| 1742 | Broglie, Fran‡ois-Marie de | |
| Appointed Commander of the French Army in Germany |
| 1756 | Montcalm-Gozon | |
| Candiac Appointed Commander of the French forces in North America |
| 1789 | Lafayette | |
| 17th July Paris Appointed Commander of the National Guard by Louis XVI |
| 1792 | Dumouriez, Charles-Francois du Perier | |
| Sep Appointed Commander of the Army of the North |
| 1792 | Lafayette | |
| Appointed Comander of the Northern Army |
| 1793 | Custine | |
| 9th May Appointed Commander of the Army of the North |
| 1793 | Dampierre, Picot | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the North |
| 1793 | Houchard, Jean-Nicholas | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the North |
| 1793 | Jourdan, Jean Baptiste | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the North |
| 1794 | Barras, Paul Francois | |
| Paris Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1794 | Napoleon I | |
| 1st April Appointed Commander of the Artillery in the Army of Italy |
| 1795 | Napoleon I | |
| 20th Oct Paris Appointed Commander of the Army of the Interior |
| 20th Oct Paris Appointed Commander of the Army of the Interior, for saving the Tuileries Palace |
| 1796 | Napoleon I | |
| 2nd Mar Appointed Commander of the Army in Italy |
| 1797 | Castiglione | |
| Appointed Commander of the VII Corps |
| 1798 | Napoleon I | |
| Paris Appointed "Commander of the army against England" |
| 1799 | Massena, Andre | |
| Appointed Commander of the army in Switzerland |
| 1799 | Murat, Marechal Joachim | |
| Appointed Commander of the Consular Guard |
| 1800 | Castiglione | |
| Appointed Commander of the French & Dutch Armies |
| 1800 | Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu | |
| Naples Appointed Commander of the southern part of the Kingdom of Naples |
| 1800 | Suchet | |
| 7th Mar Appointed Commander in Italy |
| 1803 | Suchet | |
| Appointed Commander of the IV Division |
| 1807 | Suchet | |
| Appointed Commander of the 5th Corps |
| 1808 | Napoleon I | |
| 5th Nov Appointed Commander of the Army in Spain, assumes control |
| 1808 | Suchet | |
| Appointed Divisional Commander in Spain |
| 1809 | Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief in Spain |
| 1810 | Massena, Andre | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of Portugal |
| 1814 | Suchet | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Army of the South |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Army of the South |
| 1815 | Suchet | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the Alps during the "Hundred Days" |
| 1854 | Canrobert, Francois Certain | |
| 29th Sep Crimea Appointed Commander of the French Army |
| 1870 | Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 12th Aug Appointed Supreme Commander |
| 1870 | Cousin-Montauban, Charles | |
| 12th Aug Appointed Commander of the French Army, takes over command from Napoleon III |
| 1870 | Leboeuf, Edmond | |
| Appointed Commander of III Army Corps |
| 1870 | Trochu, Louis Jules | |
| 4th Sep Paris Appointed Commander of Paris |
| 1914 | Castelnau, Marie-Joseph Edouard de | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Army |
| 1914 | Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Lorraine Appointed Commander of the XX Corps |
| 28th Aug River Marne Appointed Commander of the 9th Army, to fill the gap on the Marne front |
| 4th Oct Appointed Commander of the Army Group Nth |
| 4th Oct Appointed Commander of the Army Group Nth, during the "Race to the Sea" |
| 1914 | Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| July Appointed Commander of the 33rd Regiment |
| 25th Oct Artois Appointed Commander of the XXXIII Corps |
| 1915 | Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Jan Appointed Commander of the Army Group Nth, given full command |
| 1915 | Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Army |
| 1916 | Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| Appointed Commander of the Armies of the Centre |
| 1917 | Debeney, Marie-Eugene de | |
| Dec Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| 1918 | Castelnau, Marie-Joseph Edouard de | |
| Appointed Commander of the Eastern Army Group |
| 1918 | Foch, Ferdinand | |
| 26th Mar Picardy Appointed Commander for Allied operations on the Western Front |
| 1926 | Gamelin, Maurice Gustave | |
| Appointed Commander of the Levant |
| 1939 | Darlan, Jean Francois | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1940 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 11th May Appointed Commander of the 4th Armoured Division |
| 1940 | Giraud, Henri-Honore | |
| Appointed Commander of the 7th French Army |
| 1940 | Weygand, Maxime |  |
| 20th May Appointed Commander of France |
| 20th May Appointed Commander of the French forces during the retreat |
| June Asks Reynaud to seek an armistice with Germany while French troops can keep the peace |
| 1st June Meets de Gaulle & informs him that he is preparing an armistice with the Germans |
| 9th June Rouen The Germans capture Rouen |
| 1941 | Legentilhomme, Paul | |
| Appointed Commander of the Free French forces during the Syrian Campaign |
| 1942 | Catroux, Georges | |
| Appointed Commander of the Free French in the Levant |
| 1943 | Giraud, Henri-Honore | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Free French |
| London Appointedommander-in-Chief of the Free French |
| 1953 | Navarre, Henri | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in Indochina |
