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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.
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 ...
French Marshal of the Empire and Napoleon's brother-in-law. Murat was a daring and charismatic cavalry officer who took part in many Revolutionary and Napoleonic battles such as the Abukir, Jena, and many others. Michel Ney: 1769–1815 French Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, famous for his great courage ("le brave des braves").
Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Philippe Pétain (French: [filip petɛ̃]) and Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944 ...
Marshal of France (French: Maréchal de France, plural Maréchaux de France) is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1793–1804) and for a period dormant (1870–1916).
From October 1915 he served as Minister of War, resigning from that post in March 1916 after criticizing the performance of the French Commander-in-Chief, Joseph Joffre (formerly his subordinate, earlier in their careers), during the German attack on Verdun. He died later that year and was made Marshal of France posthumously in 1921.
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]
Robert Nivelle [12] – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (1916–1917) Philippe Pétain [13] – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (1917–1918); Marshal of France from November 1918; Maxime Weygand – General in the French Army and one of the Permanent Military Representatives in the Allied Supreme War Council