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World War One started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
Archduke Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated.
Arch-Duke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist. Within a month this resulted in the beginning of World War I.
Foch was the French general in World War One, who lead the allies to a wonderful win against central powers.
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Ferdinand Foch
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch.
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch was a very important French general in World War I. He was popular with soldiers that fought in the trenches.
There are four men who fit the title of commander. Joseph Joffre, Ferdinand Foch, Robert Nivelle, Philippe Pétain all held the title Commander-in-Chief of the French Army. Pétain, Foch, and Joffre also held the tile, Marshal of France. But by the end of the war Ferdinand Foch was named the Supreme Allied Commander.
General John Pershing, insisted that he be in command of the American Expeditonary Force upon arriving in France in early 1917. The overall commander of the allied armies in the west was a Frenchman, Marshall Ferdinand Foch.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the most famous U.S. Army general of World War II and the 34th president of the United States. A career Army man, "Ike" rose to the level of five-star general and oversaw the Allied forces in Europe, including the famous D-Day invasion of France in 1944.
There were many different generals on either side. The Entente (aka. Allies) elected a Frenchman by the name of Foch as their "head" general, who was in charge of everything. All other generals deviated to him.
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