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Weygand and returned
On 17 May 1940 Gamelin and Georges were sacked and General Maxime Weygand returned as head of the French Army.

Weygand and France
Weygand initially fought against the Germans during the invasion of France in 1940, but then surrendered to and collaborated with the Germans as part of the Vichy France regime.
Wilson's funeral was a public affair attended by Lloyd George and the cabinet, Foch, Nivelle and Weygand from France as well as many of his former army colleagues including French, Macready, Haig and Robertson.
In 1939 he was charged with protecting French overseas trade as well as the north coast of France, and the following year General Maxime Weygand named him as Commander-in-Chief of the northern naval forces.
The tactic was proposed by General Maxime Weygand during the Battle of France in 1940.
Weygand had traveled to Warsaw in the expectation of assuming command of the Polish Army, but had found a disappointing reception, aggravated by the fact that around the same time France have frozen its financial aid to Poland.

Weygand and 1925
In December 1924, French General Maxime Weygand announced the secession of the State of Alawites, which was proclaimed independent in 1925.

Weygand and when
Weygand acquired a reputation as an opponent of collaboration when he protested, in Vichy, against the Protocols of Paris of 28 May 1941 signed by Admiral Darlan, agreements which granted bases to the Axis in Aleppo ( Syria ), Bizerte ( Tunisia ), and Dakar ( Senegal ) and envisaged an extensive military collaboration with Axis forces in the event of Allied countermeasures.
Baudouin was present on the morning of 24 May when General Weygand reported to Reynaud and Pétain that " the situation is very grave ".

Weygand and became
After changing his name to Weygand and receiving French nationality, he became an instructor at Saumur.

Weygand and for
Subsequently, for many years, the myth that the timely arrival of Allied forces saved Poland was begun, a myth in which Weygand occupies the central role.
Weygand was unemployed for a time after the military mission to Poland, but in 1923 he was made commander-in-chief Levant, the French mandate in Lebanon and Syria.
In June, Weygand was appointed by Pétain to the Bordeaux-Vichy cabinet as Minister for National Defence for three months ( June to September 1940 ), and then Delegate-General to the North African colonies.
As Simon Kitson demonstrated in his book The Hunt for Nazi Spies, Weygand remained outspoken in his criticism of Germany.
Nonetheless for many years, a myth persisted that it was the timely arrival of Allied forces that had saved Poland, a myth in which Weygand occupied the central role.
Nevertheless, soon after the battle and for various political reasons, a myth arose that Weygand was the author of the Polish victory at Warsaw.
Nevertheless, soon after the battle and for various political reasons, a myth arose that Weygand was the author of the Polish victory in the battle of Warsaw.
Being hereby informed of the general outlines of the specifications, he sent on 22 December a representative to supreme commander Maxime Weygand to lobby for a Renault AMR.
As there was an insufficient budget to equip even a limited part of the Infantry with fully tracked vehicles this plan was abandoned, but on 20 March 1933 Renault received an order from the STMAC ( Section Technique des Matériels Automobiles de Combat ) to develop a prototype of a different design discussed with Weygand: a command vehicle corresponding to the specifications of 9 January 1931 for a so-called Type M.
The following day the cabinet met, and Weygand again called for an armistice.
Subsequently, for many years, the myth persisted that it was the timely arrival of Allied forces that had saved Poland, a myth in which Weygand occupied the central role.

Weygand and Higher
Weygand did this without any decree of Marshal Philippe Pétain's, " by analogy ," he said, " to the law about Higher Education ".

Weygand and Military
Clemenceau wanted to have Foch ( French Army Chief of Staff ) as French Military Representative on the Supreme War Council ( formally established 7 November 1917 ), to increase French control over the Western Front, but was persuaded to appoint Weygand as a more independent general instead.

Weygand and position
Nor was it clear who the dictator was to be-Valois himself did not indicate a willingness to occupy the position, and Maxime Weygand may have been the preferred candidate of some members of the Faisceau.

Weygand and had
Paoli further claimed that Weygand had been born in mid-1865, not January 1867 as is generally claimed.
" Weygand had no divisions to offer.
Weygand arrived on May 17 and started by cancelling the side counter-offensive ordered by Gamelin, to cut off the enemy armoured columns which had punched through the French front at the Ardennes.
Weygand complained that he had been summoned two weeks too late to halt the invasion.
Weygand had informed Reynaud: " the final rupture of our lines may take place at any time.
Weygand had avoided using the word armistice, but it was on the minds of all those involved.
Weygand had the choice between de Lattre and de Gaulle and chose de Lattre because of his superior rank and honors.
Weygand informed him that it had informally been decided to procure the AMR Citroën Kégresse P 28, a half-track made by Renault's competitor Citroën.
Late in 1932 — this is known by a later confirming letter dated 18 December 1932 — Renault had a meeting with General Weygand, during which he proposed to develop an entire family of light armoured fighting vehicles based on the AMR 33-chassis.
Maxime Weygand, the Commander-in-Chief, now declared that " the fighting had become meaningless " and he told Baudouin, and several members of the government, that he thought an armistice was essential.
" Weygand had none to offer.

Weygand and .
* May 19 – General Maxime Weygand replaces Maurice Gamelin as commander-in-chief of all French forces.
Maxime Weygand ( 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965 ; ) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II.
Weygand on TIME magazine in 1933.
Weygand was born in Brussels of unknown parents.
Regardless, throughout his life Weygand maintained he did not know his true parentage.
Upon reaching adulthood, Weygand was legally acknowledged as a son by Francois-Joseph Weygand, an accountant in the employ of M. Cohen de Léon, thereby granting him French citizenship.
Once promoted to Captain, Weygand chose not to attempt the difficult preparation to the Advanced War College (' Haute Ecole de Guerre ') because of his desire, he said, to keep contact with the troops.
Weygand passed the war of 1914-18 as a Staff Officer.
However, Clemenceau only agreed to set up an Allied General Reserve if Foch rather than Weygand were earmarked to command it.
Weygand was promoted Général de Division ( equivalent to the Anglophone rank of Major General ) in 1918.
In 1918 Weygand served on the armistice negotiations, and it was Weygand who read out the armistice conditions to the Germans at Compiègne, in the twice infamous railway carriage.
Weygand was briefly sent to Poland as member of Interallied Mission to Poland during July and August 1920.
Weygand travelled to Warsaw in the expectation of assuming command of the Polish army, yet he met with a very disappointing reception.
He was the first uncomprehending victim, as well as the chief beneficiary, of a legend already in circulation that he, Weygand, was the victor of Warsaw.

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