Paul Prosper Henrys
Encyclopedia
Paul Prosper Henrys (13 March 1862 – 6 November 1943) was a French
general.
Commanded the French army on the Balkan front (L'Armée d'Orient
) in the final year of the First World War. Subsequently he was the chief of the French Military Mission to Poland
during the Polish-Soviet War
.
Grades:
Service history:
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
general.
Commanded the French army on the Balkan front (L'Armée d'Orient
Armée d'Orient
The Armee d' Orient is a name used for various historic units in the French Army, including:*Armée d'Orient , the French taskforce sent by the French Directory under Bonaparte for an invasion of Egypt in 1798...
) in the final year of the First World War. Subsequently he was the chief of the French Military Mission to Poland
French Military Mission to Poland
The French Military Mission to Poland was an effort by France to aid the nascent Second Polish Republic after it achieved its independence in November, 1918, at the end of the First World War. The aim was to provide aid during the Polish-Soviet War , and to create a strong Polish military to serve...
during the Polish-Soviet War
Polish-Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War was an armed conflict between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine and the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic—four states in post–World War I Europe...
.
Grades:
- 04/07/13 général de brigade
- 24/11/14 général de division
Service history:
- 28/09/12-27/07/16 - cavalry commander of units in MoroccoMoroccoMorocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
- 27/07/16-20/05/17 - commander of 59 infantry division (reserve)
- 20/05/17-12/12/17 - commander of 17 army corps
- 31/12/17-01/04/19 - commander of the French army in the East (on the Balkan front)
- 01/04/19-30/09/20 - chief of the French Military Mission to PolandFrench Military Mission to PolandThe French Military Mission to Poland was an effort by France to aid the nascent Second Polish Republic after it achieved its independence in November, 1918, at the end of the First World War. The aim was to provide aid during the Polish-Soviet War , and to create a strong Polish military to serve...
- 28/06/22-13/03/24 - commander of 33 army corps
- 13/03/24- placed in reserve