Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal Ferdinand Jean Marie Fochwas a French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and Poland, a military theorist and the Supreme Allied Commander during the final year of the First World War. Historians describe two sides of Foch. The first is the aggressive, even reckless commander at the First Marne, Flanders, and Artois campaigns of 1914-1916. The other side is the Allied Commander-in-Chief who in 1918 successfully coordinated the French, British, American, and Italian efforts into a coherent whole...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth2 October 1851
CountryFrance
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, . . . stubborn will.
It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.
Victory is a thing of the will.
Don't drown yourself in details. Look at the whole.
In whatever position you find yourself, determine first your objective.
School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. There are many ways of going forward, but there is only one way of standing still. A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills. Doing your best is more important than being the best. Giant oak trees started out as little nuts. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
A beaten general is disgraced forever.
To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre , this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.
No study is possible on the battlefield.
The unknown is the governing principle of war.