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Maurice Sarrail

French general
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Maurice Sarrail, in military uniform, sits at a desk covered with papers and books, holding a pen and looking at the camera with a pipe in his mouth.
Sarrail, Maurice Maurice Sarrail, World War I.

Maurice Sarrail was a French general who served during World War I. He commanded Allied troops at the Salonika expedition in Greece starting in 1915. This front aimed to support Serbia against the Central Powers but proved to be militarily ineffective, tying down a large number of Allied soldiers without significantly impacting the war effort. Sarrail was replaced at the end of 1917 due to the limited success of operations under his command.12

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  1. World War I - Serbia and the Salonika expedition, 1915–17
  2. Albert Sarraut
  3. Charles-Denis-Sauter Bourbaki
  4. World War I - The Balkan front, 1918

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