Ferdinand Foch

Western banks are taking a leaf out of French Marshal Ferdinand Foch 's book at the Marne, choosing a moment of crisis to launch a massive counterattack against the regulatory onslaught they have had to endure over the past three years.

Banks' Counterattack Not Likely to Last Long Geoffrey T. Smith 2011

As British and French leaders feared, the Germans launched a series of offensives in late March, leading the Allies to make Gen. Ferdinand Foch their supreme commander to coordinate efforts on the Western Front.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

French field marshal Ferdinand Foch said, "The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."

Michael Picard: 360* Marketing, Part 1: Principles Behind Marketing Michael Picard 2012

Mr. Stevenson quotes Ferdinand Foch, the French general and, near the end of the war, the supreme commander of the Allied forces: "To continue to struggle would be to . . . kill 50,000 or 100,000 Frenchmen for results that are problematic."

The Bitter End William Anthony Hay 2011

As British and French leaders feared, the Germans launched a series of offensives in late March, leading the Allies to make Gen. Ferdinand Foch their supreme commander to coordinate efforts on the Western Front.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

On 8 November a German delegation met with Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch - who was to lead the military negotiations - in the forest of Compiegne, some 65 km north-east of Paris.

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

But until the Italians made use of airplanes in fighting against the Turks at Tripoli in 1911–12, the conventional attitude of the military toward the airplane had been summed up by the French General Ferdinand Foch, who dismissed aviation as “good sport, but for the Army the aeroplane is worthless.”

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

But until the Italians made use of airplanes in fighting against the Turks at Tripoli in 1911–12, the conventional attitude of the military toward the airplane had been summed up by the French General Ferdinand Foch, who dismissed aviation as “good sport, but for the Army the aeroplane is worthless.”

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

This railcar was given to Ferdinand Foch for military use by the manufacturer, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

On 8 November a German delegation met with Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch - who was to lead the military negotiations - in the forest of Compiegne, some 65 km north-east of Paris.

[remembrance sunday] the armistice story part 1 2008