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Born July 31, 1852 • Pointe-à-Pitre • Guadeloupe
Died January 18, 1925 (aged 72) • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Role In Western Front • World War I • Battle of Mons
Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch
marshal of France
Philippe Petain in military uniform and decorated cap, facing the camera with a neutral expression and a large mustache.
Philippe Pétain
French general
Joseph-Jacques-Césaire Joffre
Joseph-Jacques-Césaire Joffre
French general
Joseph-Simon Gallieni
Joseph-Simon Gallieni
French military officer
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François de La Rocque
French politician and army officer
Portrait of Georges Clemenceau wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the left with a serious expression.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Paul Painlevé.
Paul Painlevé
French prime minister and mathematician
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
English feminist and medical worker
French, John, 1st earl of Ypres
John French, 1st earl of Ypres
British field marshal
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John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.
American financier
Robert Nivelle
Robert Nivelle
French military officer
Guynemer
Georges-Marie Guynemer
French pilot
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
John J. Pershing
John J. Pershing
American military officer
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
president of Weimar Republic
William Mitchell
William Mitchell
United States Army general
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]
Sir Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
British military leader
Erich von Falkenhayn
Erich von Falkenhayn
German general
Monash, Sir John
Sir John Monash
Australian engineer and soldier

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