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French One of the most charismatic French generals of the Third Republic. De Négrier won notable victories during the Sino-French War such as Kep, Núi Bop and Đồng Đăng. The Battle of Bang Bo was the only defeat he suffered in his entire military career. Ferdinand Foch: 1851–1929 French
Pages in category "French Army generals of World War I" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
French infantry pushing through enemy barbed wire, 1915. During World War I, France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central Powers.Although fighting occurred worldwide, the bulk of the French Army's operations occurred in Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Alsace-Lorraine along what came to be known as the Western Front, which consisted mainly of trench warfare.
French World War I pilots (1 C, 27 P) G. French Army generals of World War I (110 P) K. French military personnel killed in World War I (206 P)
The Le Souvenir français is responsible for maintaining French war memorials and cemeteries and providing information about war dead. [8] It maintains a list of military personnel determined to have mort pour la France ("died for France"), a designation granted under the French Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre [] ("code for military disability pensions and ...
Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre OM, GCB (French: [ʒozɛf ʒɔfʁ]; 12 January 1852 [2] – 3 January 1931) [3] was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916.
Ferdinand Foch (/ f ɒ ʃ / FOSH, French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ fɔʃ]; 2 October 1851 [1] – 20 March 1929) [2] 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. [3]
French Army generals of World War II (50 P) Pages in category "French generals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 947 total.