Ferdinand Foch

French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)

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Ferdinand Foch was a French military leader and strategic thinker who served as a marshal during World War I and played a key role in the Allied victory. He remains historically significant for his contributions to military theory and his command of French forces during one of history's most devastating conflicts.

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Quotes

“One single private soldier, and we would take good care that he was killed.”
“Les avions sont des jouets intéressants mais n'ont aucune utilité militaire”
“One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows.”
“Mon centre cède, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.”
“What you did was the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all of the armies of Europe.”
“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”

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Ferdinand Foch LH OM GCB DSO (/fɒʃ/ FOSH, French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ fɔʃ]; 2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general, Marshal of France and a member of the Académie Française and Académie des Sciences. He distinguished himself as Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front during the First World War in 1918.

A commander during the First Marne, Flanders and Artois campaigns of 1914–1916, Foch became Supreme Allied Commander in late March 1918 in the face of the all-out German spring offensive. He successfully coordinated the French, British and American efforts, deftly handling his strategic reserves. He stopped the German offensive and launched a war-winning counterattack. In November 1918, Marshal Foch accepted the German cessation of hostilities and was present at the Armistice of 11 November 1918.