My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.
Ferdinand Foch
Born: October 2, 1851 Died: March 20, 1929
Marshal Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch (2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and Poland, a military theorist and the Allied Supreme Allied Commander during the final year of the First World War.
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Alternative Names for Ferdinand Foch
Formal name - Full ceremonial or official name including titles and honorifics:
- Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch (French (fr))
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
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The truth is, no study is possible on the battlefield. One does there simply what one can in order to apply what one knows. Therefore, in order to do even a little, one has already to know a great deal, and to know it well.
Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
Mon centre cède, ma droite recule. Situation excellente, j'attaque.
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Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.