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established in May 1918. It involved coordinating the entirely different supply systems for the
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874:("On the Conduct of War") in 1904. Both "thought" and "will" were the key words of these teachings. While Foch advised "qualification and discernment" in military strategy and cautioned that "recklessness in attack could lead to prohibitive losses and ultimate failure", his concepts, distorted and misunderstood by contemporaries, became associated with the extreme offensive doctrines (
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779:(35 R.A) at Vannes. Foch was known for his physical strength and his sharp mind who always maintained a highly dignified bearing. Foch was a quiet man, known for saying little and when he did speak, it was a volley of words accompanied by much gesturing of his hands that required some knowledge of him to understand properly. One of Foch's favourite phrases was "
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retreating. Situation excellent. I am attacking." These words were seen as a symbol both of Foch's leadership and of French determination to resist the invader at any cost, although there is little evidence that the signal was sent. Accordingly, on 4 October 1914, Foch was made the
Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Zone under Joseph Joffre.
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Watch out: suspect peace, English peace... We must have a program, a tactic, a will. We find ourselves in the presence of an
England that has all it wants for the present: the German colonies and the German fleet. We lack future security because is not interested. In the presence of an America which
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British and French forces, Foch telegraphed Wilson (who by now had replaced Robertson as Chief of the Imperial General Staff) "asking what thought of situation & we are of one mind that someone must catch a hold or we shall be beaten". Wilson reached France the
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Foch was seen as a master of the
Napoleonic school of military thought, but he was the only one of the Military College Commandants (Maillard, Langlois, Bonnal) still serving. Their doctrines had been challenged, not only by the German school, but also since about 1911 by a new French school inspired
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campaigns and of their relevance to military operations in the new twentieth century. His re-examination of France's defeat in 1870 was among the first of its kind. At the college, Foch was a professor of military history, strategy, and general tactics while becoming the French theorist on offensive
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Armistice site when the area was converted into a national memorial. This statue was the one item left undisturbed by the
Germans following their defeat of France in June 1940. Following the signing of France's surrender on 21 June, the Germans ravaged the area surrounding the railway car in which
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Germany fear the most is a renewal of hostilities since, this time, Germany would be the field of battle and the scene of the consequent devastation. This makes it impossible for the yet unstable German Government to reject any demand on our part if it is clearly formulated. The
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was formally established on 7 November 1917, containing the Prime
Minister and a Minister from each of the Western Front powers (i.e., excluding Russia), to meet at least once a month. Foch (along with Wilson and Italian general Cadorna) were appointed military representatives, to whom the general
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as his chief of staff. Only a week after taking command, with the whole French Army in full retreat, he was forced to fight a series of defensive actions to prevent a German breakthrough. During the advance at the marshes at St.-Gond he is said to have declared: "My centre is yielding. My right is
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in which French armies suffered devastating losses. Supporters and critics continue to debate Foch's strategy and instincts as a commander, as well as his exact contributions to the Marne "miracle": Foch's counter-attacks at the Marne generally failed, but his sector resisted determined German
1375:, at 5:00 a.m. local time. However, he refused to accede to the German negotiators' immediate request to declare a ceasefire or truce so that there would be no more useless waste of lives among the common soldiers. By not declaring a truce even between the signing of the documents for the
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that a new intergovernmental agency was necessary to coordinate transportation and storage of military supplies in France. Pershing took the recommendation to French
Premier Georges Clemenceau. The British were hesitant at first but finally the key players were in agreement and the Board was
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both the 1918 and 1940 surrenders had taken place. The statue was left standing, to view nothing but a wasteland. The Armistice site was restored by German prisoner-of-war labour following the Second World War, with its memorials and monuments either restored or reassembled.
1111:, but this job was instead given to General Fayolle. The following month PĂ©tain was appointed C-in-C in place of Nivelle, and Foch was recalled and promoted to chief of the general staff. Like PĂ©tain, Foch favoured only limited attacks (he had told Lieutenant General
3505:'How did I win the war?' Foch will say chaffingly to André de Marincourt, many months later. 'By smoking my pipe. That is to say, by not getting excited, by reducing everything to simple terms, by avoiding useless emotions, and keeping all my strength for the job.
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and industrial cities such as Pittsburgh and then on to Washington, D.C., which included ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery for what was then called Armistice Day. During the tour, he received numerous honorary degrees from American Universities.
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at 5:45 a.m. and its entry into force, "at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month", about 11,000 additional men were needlessly wounded or killed â far more than usual, according to the military statistics.
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philosophy, then uncommon in France, that "the will to conquer is the first condition of victory." Collections of his lectures, which reintroduced the concept of the offensive to French military theory, were published in the volumes
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sector. Two days later, while Foch was writing in his notebook, he allowed an interview to a group of war correspondents. At a later conference he was given the title Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies with the title of
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agreed with Clemenceau that Foch should have the power to order all Allied troops as he saw fit, over the protests of Haig who argued that it would reduce his power to safeguard the interests of the British Army.
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staffs of each country were to submit their plans. The French tried to have Foch as representative to increase their control over the Western Front (by contrast, Cadorna was disgraced after the recent
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in London. He is the only Frenchman ever to be made an honorary field-marshal by the British. A statue of Foch stands on the Bapaume-Peronne road, near the village of Bouchavesnes, at the point where
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from Germany so that the balance of power would not be too much in favour of France, but agreed to Allied military occupation for fifteen years, which Foch thought insufficient to protect France.
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came to dominate military circles, and Foch's reputation was damaged when his books were cited in the development of the disastrous offensive that brought France close to ruin in August 1914.
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DiDomenico, Joseph J. "Rise and Fall of a Coalition: The Supreme War Council and Marshal Foch, 1917â1919" (US Army School for Advanced Military Studies Fort Leavenworth United States, 2017)
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861:, inspired confidence in a new class of French officers, and brought about "the intellectual and moral regeneration of the French Army". His thinking on military doctrine was shaped by the
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following lunchtime. PĂ©tain had sent a dozen divisions to plug the gap and it is unclear that a committee would actually have acted any faster during the immediate crisis. At the
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was an implementation of the theories he had developed during his staff college days and succeeded in stopping the German advance. Foch received further reinforcements from the
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and, following another attack on his forces, counter-attacked again on the Marne. The Germans dug in before eventually retreating. On 12 September, Foch regained the Marne at
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attributed this famous quote about the Peace Treaty of Versailles to Foch: "This is not Peace. It is an Armistice for twenty years." Indeed,
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of the German countries. Henceforward Germany ought to be deprived of all entrance and assembling ground, that is, of all territorial
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and liberated the city. The people of ChĂąlons greeted as a hero the man widely believed to have been instrumental in stopping the
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attacks while holding the pivot on which the neighbouring French and British forces depended in rolling back the German line.
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of the United States. The local veteran chosen to present flags to the commanders was a Kansas City haberdasher,
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spoke at the statue's unveiling in 1926, praising Foch's operational concepts of 1918. Foch also has a
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Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century
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was being signed Foch said: "This is not peace. It is an armistice for 20 years".
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At the outbreak of war in August 1914, Foch's XX Corps participated in the brief
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Unjustly Accused: Marshal Ferdinand Foch and the French 'Cult of the Offensive'
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Les Principes de la guerre. Conférences faites à l'Ecole supérieure de guerre
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Flat-catcher (British racing slang) a horse that looks good but is not. See:
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was withholding manpower. At a major Allied conference at Beauvais (7 June)
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Foch's Biography in French on the Immortals page of the Académie française
3958:"Decree appointing Divisional General Foch Ferdinand as Marshal of France"
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3209:"Nouvelles de Rome: S. G. Mgr. Tissier Ă Rome (Rome, 19 janvier 1917)" ,
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This article is about the French military commander. For other uses, see
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Victory Through Coalition. Britain and France During the First World War
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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History: From 1900 to the present day
1965:, Poland was also named "Foch" after the Marshal but was renamed by the
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was "futile, fantastic & dangerous") until the Americans, who had
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On the day of the armistice, 11 November 1918, he was elected to the
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of KrakĂłw in 1918. By special vote of the board of directors of the
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In 1915, his responsibilities by now crystallised in command of the
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where he was later an instructor from 1895 to 1901. He was promoted
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Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars
3604:. le site du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (CTHS)
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Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars
3095:"Ferdinand Foch | Biography, World War I, & Facts | Britannica"
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MĂ©moires pour servir Ă l'histoire de la guerre de 1914-1918, 2 vol.
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During his time as an instructor, Foch created renewed interest in
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Foch the Man: A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies
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strategies. He also employed mathematical terms in his lectures.
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and stabilising the Allied position. Receiving thanks from the
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broke out in 1870, the 19-year-old Foch enlisted in the French
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Grandeur and Misery: France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914â40
2908:"Ferdinand Foch: Biography, World War I & Accomplishments"
1137:'s plans to send British and French troops to help Italy take
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Victors Divided: America and the Allies in Germany, 1918-1923
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch, His Life and His Theory of Modern War
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch, His Life and His Theory of Modern War
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch, His Life and His Theory of Modern War
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in 1903. As a colonel he became regimental commander of the
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The War Lords: Military Commanders of the Twentieth Century
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Foch: Sa vie. Sa doctrine. Son Ćuvre. La foi en la victoire
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Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree
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Knights Grand Commander (Senangapati) of the Order of Rama
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Foch in Command. The Forging of a First World War General
3738:, 10 November 1921 "Foch Sees Ingots Rolled into Plates".
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518:; 2 October 1851 â 20 March 1929) was a French general,
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Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Marshal-Duke of Villars
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Government of the French Republic (21 September 1911).
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Not to us, Lord, not to us; but to Your name give glory
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Non nobis, Domine, non nobis; sed nomini tuo da gloriam
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of 1920, as well as his pressure on Germany during the
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Government of the French Republic (27 February 1891).
3513:, Vol. 5, Ch. 3, III. Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920.
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Just a few months later, after the failure of General
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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, His Life And Diaries
2401:, he became the one millionth knight of that order.
1387:. Ten days later, he was unanimously elected to the
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4449:Westport, Connecticut & London: Praeger, 1998,
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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: A Political Soldier
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The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French
3956:Government of the French Republic (6 August 1918).
1919:25 March 1921: Honorary Colonel (the first) of the
1177:was eventually persuaded to appoint Foch's protégé
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4059:Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill
3902:Government of the French Republic (20 June 1907).
3875:Government of the French Republic (12 July 1903).
3848:Government of the French Republic (10 July 1898).
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2476:l'artillerie de la division de cavalerie au combat
4413:(Brassey's Inc., 2003), short popular biography;
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1029:as "the best general in the world". By contrast,
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2851:"FOCH Ferdinand (X1871) - BibliothĂšque Centrale"
2680:The Patterns of War Since the Eighteenth Century
1348:in July 1918. On 6 August 1918, Foch was made a
1275:and other British and French officers with King
27:French general and military theorist (1851â1929)
5403:Recipients of the Order of LÄÄplÄsis, 3rd class
5343:Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta
4411:Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War
4339:. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
3642:Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War
3185:Cowley, Robert; Parker, Geoffrey, eds. (1996).
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974:(Joseph-Marie Tissier), Foch piously replied, "
903:, Foch was in command of XX Corps, part of the
659:, whose lineage may trace back to 16th-century
4491:Marshal of France is a dignity and not a rank.
2780:. Random House Publishing Group. p. 167.
1961:were named in his honor. An early district of
1514:Upon returning home. Foch wrote in his diary:
979:, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
911:. On 14 August the Corps advanced towards the
698:since the Republican government of France was
600:in 1918. He played a decisive role in halting
5298:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
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4442:(2008); he was Foch's wartime chief of staff.
3020:, (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976), p. 123.
2778:Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
1677:Foch died on 20 March 1929. He was buried in
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4288:(Cambridge University Press, 2011); 550 pp.
3214:(French Catholic newspaper), 25 January 1917
2522:Non-U.S. recipients of U.S. gallantry awards
2377:Knight Grand Commander (First Class) of the
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1403:Foch was regularly compared to Napoleon and
1283:Foch was surprised by the German offensive (
1251:(AEF) recommended to his commanding general
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2091:Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature
1045:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
1021:(BEF) had described Foch in August 1914 to
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3439:. Fleming H. Revell Company. p. 150.
3187:The Reader's Companion to Military History
2557:List of streets named after Ferdinand Foch
1662:Foch made a 3000-mile circuit through the
870:("On the Principles of War") in 1903, and
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5383:Members of the French Academy of Sciences
5041:Honoré Armand de Villars, Duke of Villars
4208:Les souvenirs du marĂ©chal Foch, 1914â1918
3931:"Decree on promotions in the active army"
3904:"Decree on promotions in the active army"
3877:"Decree on promotions in the active army"
3850:"Decree on promotions in the active army"
3823:"Decree on promotions in the active army"
3725:(Supplement). 29 July 1919. p. 9809.
3524:"Armistice: The End of World War I, 1918"
2806:Baussan, Charles (1918). "General Foch".
2089:is also named after him. The position of
1691:, with inspiration from the 15th-century
1415:After the reading of the preamble of the
4548:Newspaper clippings about Ferdinand Foch
4103:"Marshal Foch made a Knight of Columbus"
3669:. Univ of California Press. p. 66.
2776:MacMillan, Margaret (18 December 2007).
2194:Commemorative medal of the 1870â1871 War
2077:named after him. In the Belgian city of
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740:as an artillery officer and served as a
93:26 March 1918 â 10 January 1920
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4424:(1st ed.). London: Little, Brown.
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2512:Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion
1429:France signed an armistice with Germany
1247:, the general purchasing agent for the
1071:and, in 1916, the French effort at the
763:In 1885 Foch undertook a course at the
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136:16 May 1917 â 29 December 1918
5418:19th-century French military personnel
5413:20th-century French military personnel
5358:Honorary members of the Order of Merit
5293:Chiefs of the Staff of the French Army
3764:"Les tombeaux et monuments funéraires"
3068:The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch
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2949:The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch
2878:The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch
2606:"Death certificate of Foch, Ferdinand"
2579:"Birth certificate of Foch, Ferdinand"
1371:in November from the German delegate,
1218:On the evening of 24 March, after the
806:) in 1913. In 1913 he took command of
647:, a municipality in the department of
5348:Grand Crosses of the Virtuti Militari
4147:"Ferdinand FOCH | Académie française"
3797:"Services records of Foch, Ferdinand"
3328:Whelan, B. (2010). "War in History".
2527:Russian Expeditionary Force in France
919:line, taking heavy casualties in the
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4337:Douglas Haig and the First World War
4303:British Journal for Military History
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2906:Edu, World History (21 April 2023).
2730:. Read Books Limited. pp. 16â.
2069:broke through on 12 September 1916.
1531:However, the British Prime Minister
732:. He eventually chose the school of
5338:Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
5313:French Army generals of World War I
5057:Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac
4447:Field Marshal Sir William Robertson
3795:Government of the French Republic.
3640:Neiberg, Michael S. (14 May 2014).
2932:Atteridge, Andrew Hilliard (1919).
2891:Atteridge, Andrew Hilliard (1919).
2752:"Ferdinand Foch | Encyclopedia.com"
2631:Atteridge, Andrew Hilliard (1919).
2604:Government of the French Republic.
2577:Government of the French Republic.
2246:Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the
1915:Field Marshal of the United Kingdom
1704:A statue of Foch was set up at the
1359:Before the armistice and after the
1171:Chief of the Imperial General Staff
5081:Albert de Broglie, Duke of Broglie
4399:Foch, the Man of Orleans 1914â1924
4391:(Harvard UP, 1960), in 1918â1919.
3665:Nelson, Keith L. (28 April 2023).
3435:Laughlin, Clara Elizabeth (1918).
3364:Jeffery 2006, pp. 214â215, 219â220
3346:Jeffery 2006, pp. 206â208, 210â211
3242:Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary
3167:(Paris, France: Hachette, 1919),
3128:Atkinson, Charles Francis (1922).
2808:Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
2649:Reader's Guide to Military History
2152:Grand Officer â 18 September 1914;
2096:In the late 1920s, Foch Avenue in
1539:objected to the detachment of the
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5378:Members of the Académie Française
3644:. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 8.
2270:Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
2019:Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
608:, after which he was promoted to
530:on the Western Front during the
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3752:. Creaphis editions. p. 64.
3165:Foch: Le Vainqueur de la Guerre
2974:, New York: Viking, 1991 p. 275.
2895:. Dodd, Mead. pp. 3 and 17.
2552:List of French paratrooper units
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3750:Paul Landowski: l'Ćuvre sculptĂ©
3272:. 19 January 1915. p. 601.
2839:(in French). Payot. p. 14.
1623:On 1 November 1921 Foch was in
1369:German cessation of hostilities
1241:Military Board of Allied Supply
5073:Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
4519:Biography on FirstWorldWar.com
4478:was re-established during the
3402:(Vintage Books, 1998), p. 403.
2972:Haig's Command: A Reassessment
2713:. Houghton Mifflin. p. 7.
2453:Les deux batailles de la Marne
2447:Ce que j'ai appris Ă la guerre
2423:La bataille de Laon, mars 1814
1715:All Quiet on the Western Front
1616:, he was awarded the title of
988:was then in progress. General
526:. He distinguished himself as
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5049:"Cardinal Loménie de Brienne"
4354:. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
4035:Philpott 2009, p. 441, p. 555
3704:Versailles and After, 1919â33
3693:(Hodder Arnold, 1995), p. 57.
2385:, 16 November 1918, Thailand)
2144:Commander â 31 December 1913;
1442:" of the early 20th century.
1249:American Expeditionary Forces
872:"De la Conduite de la Guerre"
786:In 1907 Foch was promoted to
559:Armistice of 11 November 1918
537:A commander during the First
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3630:(John Gifford, 1944), p. 17.
2936:. Dodd, Mead. pp. 9â10.
2676:Addington, Larry H. (1994).
2160:Grand Cross â 8 October 1915
1659:were added to the memorial.
1121:joined the war in April 1917
868:"Des Principes de la Guerre"
684:before attending the Jesuit
404:Moroccan Division Detachment
5025:Jean François de Chamillart
4552:20th Century Press Archives
4373:. Oxford University Press.
4320:Journal of Military History
4229:Porte, RĂ©my, and F Cochet.
4203:The Memoirs of Marshal Foch
4107:The Billings Weekly Gazette
4008:. Oxford University Press.
3748:MichÚle Lefrançois (2009).
3318:Woodward, 1998, pp. 187â189
3300:Woodward, 1998, pp. 144â146
3134:. In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.).
2724:B. H. Liddell Hart (2013).
2417:De la conduite de la guerre
2329:Distinguished Service Medal
2259:Distinguished Service Order
1535:and the American President
1019:British Expeditionary Force
837:Foch in his uniform of the
736:. In 1873, he received his
643:Ferdinand Foch was born in
639:Foch's birthplace in Tarbes
627:sprung out 20 years later.
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5303:Ăcole Polytechnique alumni
4754:Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
4183:), Berger-Levrault, (1903)
4061:(2nd ed.). Auckland:
3065:Aston, Sir George (1929).
2947:Aston, Sir George (1929).
2876:Aston, Sir George (1929).
2709:Winston Churchill (1948).
2537:Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
2455:, 1928 (ouvrage collectif)
2411:Des principes de la guerre
2294:Order of Polonia Restituta
1639:of Great Britain, General
1562:Post-war career and legacy
1346:Second Battle of the Marne
1043:appointed him an Honorary
798:. Foch influenced General
765:Ăcole SupĂ©rieure de Guerre
606:Second Battle of the Marne
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4290:online review in H-France
4259:27 September 2020 at the
4151:www.academie-francaise.fr
3706:(Routledge, 1995), p. 52.
3389:Jeffery 2006, pp. 220â221
3355:Jeffery 2006, pp. 212â213
2727:Foch â The Man of Orleans
2318:Order of Ouissam Alaouite
2282:Order of Virtuti Militari
2184:Croix de Guerre 1914â1918
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1550:to be "a capitulation, a
1361:Armistice of Villa Giusti
1344:) counterattacked at the
944:First Battle of the Marne
878:) of his successors. The
555:war-winning counterattack
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4715:Louis Franchet d'EspĂšrey
4599:Awards and achievements
4476:Supreme Allied Commander
4350:Holmes, Richard (2004).
4312:28 November 2018 at the
4193:), Berger-Levrault, 1905
4187:La Conduite de la guerre
4181:On the Principles of War
4047:Fochsquare gets new name
3992:Street chart of ChrzanĂłw
3988:11 February 2010 at the
3511:History of the World War
3071:. Macmillan. p. 78.
2951:. Macmillan. p. 23.
2880:. Macmillan. p. 16.
2647:Charles Messenger, ed.,
2472:La Revue de la cavalerie
2059:Victoria railway station
2027:Cambridge, Massachusetts
1720:Thibault de Montalembert
1470:ought to be the Western
1450:In January 1919, at the
619:too lenient on Germany.
602:a renewed German advance
528:Supreme Allied Commander
81:Supreme Allied Commander
5323:French military writers
4369:Jeffery, Keith (2006).
4294:Greenhalgh, Elizabeth.
4284:Greenhalgh, Elizabeth.
4002:Palmowski, Jan (2008).
3983:Chrzanovia Patria Parva
3330:British Library Serials
3219:5 November 2013 at the
3137:EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica
3131:"Foch, Ferdinand"
2684:. Indiana UP. pp.
2497:Army Manoeuvres of 1912
2405:Books by Ferdinand Foch
2395:Jagiellonian University
2369:, 1916, Russian Empire)
2284:(15 April 1923, Poland)
2205:Order of Academic Palms
2136:Officer â 11 July 1908;
1949:was named in his honor.
1902:Honours and decorations
1718:, Foch is portrayed by
1698:Chapelle Saint-Ambroise
1614:Greater Poland Uprising
1417:November 1918 armistice
1220:German spring offensive
921:Battle of the Frontiers
876:l' offensive Ă outrance
859:French military history
839:35th Artillery Regiment
777:35th Artillery Regiment
746:24th Artillery Regiment
551:German spring offensive
455:German spring offensive
445:Battle of the Frontiers
409:35th Artillery Regiment
367:24th Artillery Regiment
124:Chief of the Army Staff
5328:French Roman Catholics
5288:British field marshals
4725:Michel-Joseph Maunoury
4575:Honorary Commander of
4389:Foch versus Clemenceau
4063:PuketÄpapa Local Board
3291:Woodward, 1998, p. 139
3282:Woodward, 1998, p. 135
3050:: CS1 maint: others (
2429:Préceptes et jugements
2226:
1973:, located then in the
1950:
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1684:Caveau des Gouverneurs
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1672:Lebel Model 1886 rifle
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1452:Paris Peace Conference
1446:Paris Peace Conference
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1132:British Prime Minister
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460:Hundred Days Offensive
264:Bertrand Foch (father)
5188:at Knowledge (XXG)'s
5113:André François-Poncet
5065:Alexis de Tocqueville
4930:Konstanty Rokossowski
4921:MichaĆ Rola-Ć»ymierski
4420:Philpott, W. (2009).
4415:online free to borrow
4329:24.4 (2017): 458â497
4233:Paris: Soteca, 2010.
4191:On the Conduct of War
3689:Anthony Adamthwaite,
3626:Ernest R. Troughton,
3528:EyeWitness to History
2855:www.polytechnique.edu
2482:, une conférence sur
2480:Mitrailleuse ou canon
2367:ĐŃĐŽĐ”Đœ ĐĄĐČŃŃĐŸĐłĐŸ ĐĐ”ĐŸŃгОŃ
2363:Order of Saint George
2341:Order of the Redeemer
2218:
2128:Knight â 9 July 1892;
2104:was named after him.
1945:The aircraft carrier
1944:
1643:of Italy and General
1625:Kansas City, Missouri
1606:British field marshal
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1385:Académie des Sciences
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1006:First Battle of Ypres
880:cult of the offensive
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687:CollÚge Saint-Clément
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338:Years of service
116:Office disestablished
32:Foch (disambiguation)
5017:François Charpentier
4387:King, Jere Clemens.
4057:Reidy, Jade (2013).
3628:It's Happening Again
3509:" Frank H. Simonds,
3463:(1986) 50#1 pp. 1â6
2756:www.encyclopedia.com
2507:Lafayette Escadrille
2435:Ăloge de Du Guesclin
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1693:tomb of Philippe Pot
1635:of Belgium, Admiral
1572:Kazimierz Sosnkowski
1548:Treaty of Versailles
1546:Foch considered the
1462:in which he stated:
1367:. Foch accepted the
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923:. The defeat of the
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617:Treaty of Versailles
574:victory at the Marne
341:1870â1923 (53 years)
267:Marie Dupré (mother)
5308:French male writers
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4577:The American Legion
4445:Woodward, David R.
4408:Neiberg, Michael S.
4397:Liddell-Hart, B.H.
4271:(Harvard U.P. 2005)
3534:on 26 November 2018
3493:Harris 2008, p. 479
3484:Harris 2008, p. 478
3475:Harris 2008, p. 477
3400:The First World War
3373:Callwell, MG C.E.,
3253:Holmes 2004, p. 243
2833:René Puaux (1919).
2711:The Gathering Storm
2651:(2001) pp. 170â171.
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1299:Sir Henry Rawlinson
1225:Doullens Conference
1167:Battle of Caporetto
1162:Supreme War Council
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899:On the outbreak of
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716:Ăcole Polytechnique
707:Franco-Prussian War
566:invasion of Germany
450:Battle of the Somme
435:Franco-Prussian War
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4994:Académie française
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4826:Marshals of Poland
4784:Marie-Pierre KĆnig
4668:Marshals of France
4607:Nicholas Longworth
4583:Served alongside:
4266:Doughty, Robert A.
4170:General references
3962:legifrance.gouv.fr
3736:The New York Times
3722:The London Gazette
3554:Persico, Joseph E.
3269:The London Gazette
3099:www.britannica.com
2484:L'Attaque décisive
2391:honorary doctorate
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2352:Order of LÄÄplÄsis
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1831:Marshal of France
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1807:30 September 1878
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4345:978-0-521-89802-7
4239:978-2-916385-43-3
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3676:978-0-520-33726-8
3651:978-1-61234-057-9
3446:978-1-4219-7064-6
3421:Project Gutenberg
3163:Raymond Recouly,
3150:Barnett Singer,
3000:978-0-19-929567-8
2912:World History Edu
2787:978-0-307-43296-4
2737:978-1-4733-8483-5
2542:Pierre Jeanpierre
2517:Moroccan Division
2467:, 1931 (posthume)
2459:Paroles de soldat
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1466:Henceforward the
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3014:Michael Carver
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2970:Winter, Denis
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2236:Order of Merit
2220:Statue of Foch
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2186:
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1726:Military ranks
1724:
1689:Paul Landowski
1657:Walker Hancock
1563:
1560:
1537:Woodrow Wilson
1458:to the Allied
1447:
1444:
1396:
1393:
1213:Maxime Weygand
1196:
1193:
1189:Herbert Plumer
1103:, the hero of
1093:Robert Nivelle
1088:
1085:
1052:
1049:
1027:Lord Selbourne
1023:J. E. B. Seely
948:Maxime Weygand
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4720:Ămile Fayolle
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3084:Shirer, p. 81
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1916:
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1905:
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1888:
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1194:
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1187:
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1148:
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1081:Italian front
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