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Henri Mathias Berthelot

1861 - 1931

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Henri Mathias Berthelot (7 December 1861 – 29 January 1931) was a French general during World War I. He held an important staff position under Joseph Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, at the First Battle of the Marne, before later commanding a corps in the front line. In 1917 he helped to rebuild the Romanian Army following its disastrous defeat the previous autumn, then in summer 1918 he commanded French Fifth Army at the Second Battle of the Marne, with some British and Italian troops under his command. In the final days of the war he again returned to Romania, helping fight the Hungarians during the Hungarian–Romanian War and then briefly commanded French intervention forces in southern Russia in the Russian Civil War, fighting the Bolsheviks in Bessarabia (1918). Appointed a member of the Conseil supérieur de la guerre, he was among the supporters of the decision to build the Maginot Line. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Mathias Berthelot is the 1,055th most popular military personnel (up from 1,195th in 2019), the 2,731st most popular biography from France (up from 2,995th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henri Mathias Berthelot ranks 1,055 out of 2,058. Before him are Franz Moritz von Lacy, Oreste Baratieri, Vasily Petrov, Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, and Viktor Dankl von Krasnik. After him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, John O'Connor, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Eugen Meindl, Matome Ugaki, and Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Henri Mathias Berthelot ranks 63. Before him are Thomas Heath, Robert T. A. Innes, Constantin Prezan, Ludwig Thuille, Spyridon Samaras, and Meir Dizengoff. After him are Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Richard Sears, Hermann Muthesius, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Nikolay Zelinsky, and Zinaida Yusupova. Among people deceased in 1931, Henri Mathias Berthelot ranks 57. Before him are Shibusawa Eiichi, Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Salvatore Maranzano, Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Lujo Brentano, and Felix Blumenfeld. After him are Louis Billot, Alexandre Darracq, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Franz Schalk, Melvil Dewey, and Gustaf Kossinna.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Mathias Berthelot ranks 2,731 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Albert Robida (1848), Eugène Simon (1848), François Sudre (1787), Henri Pélissier (1889), and André Leducq (1904). After him are Felice Borel (1914), Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), Conon de Béthune (1150), Gérard Oury (1919), István Nyers (1924), and Jules Guesde (1845).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Henri Mathias Berthelot ranks 102. Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722), Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762), Georges Guynemer (1894), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), and Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762). After him are Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), Wilhelm Falley (1897), Gaston Billotte (1875), Jacques Massu (1908), Abraham Duquesne (1610), and Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675).

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