Abstract
In support of the claim that Marshal Ferdinand Foch’s appointment to supreme command made a difference to the final year of the First World War, this article analyses seven examples of his actions and decisions. Four are taken from the period March–July 1918, when the Allies were resisting the German offensives, and two from August–September 1918, when the Allies counter-attacked. The final example concerns Foch’s role in the armistice negotiations.
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Elizabeth Greenhalgh, “General Ferdinand Foch and Unified Allied Command in 1918,” The Journal of Military History 79, no. 4 (October 2015): 997–1023.