Field Marshal von Foch

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military officer
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grand_Cross_of_the_Legion_of_Honour
Order of the Bath
Croix de Guerre
gptkbp:birthDate October 2, 1851
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Les_Invalides
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:deathDate March 20, 1929
gptkbp:education gptkb:Saint-Cyr_Military_Academy
gptkbp:famousQuote 'The war is not over until the last soldier is dead.'
'The best defense is a good offense.'
'To be prepared is half the victory.'
'Victory belongs to the most persevering.'
'In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.'
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ferdinand_Foch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Field Marshal von Foch
gptkbp:influenced World_War_I_strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder
Napoleon Bonaparte
gptkbp:influenceOn NATO_military_strategy
gptkbp:knownFor Foch's_Doctrine
gptkbp:legacy Military strategist
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Supreme_Commander_of_the_Allied_Forces
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Meuse-Argonne_Offensive
gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun
Battle of the Marne
Battle of Amiens
Second Battle of the Marne
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Tarbes,_France
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:postWarCareer Chairman_of_the_Supreme_War_Council
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:serviceYears 1870–1919
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marguerite_Foch
gptkbp:strategicGoals Allied_victory_in_World_War_I
gptkbp:wrote The Principles of War