Foch
Americannoun
noun
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As one intelligence analyst put it to me last week: His inspiration may be Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the general who commanded French forces at the Battle of the Marne in 1914.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier served the French Navy for four decades as the Foch, capable of carrying 40 war planes.
From Reuters ● Feb. 4, 2023
The French military commander Ferdinand Foch called the end of World War One a "20-year" ceasefire - because he felt the victorious allies had overplayed their hand in dealing with the defeated German Empire.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2022
When the controversial Treaty of Versailles was signed after the war, a dismayed Foch reportedly said: “This is not peace. It is an armistice for 20 years.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
“This is not peace,” declared French field marshal Ferdinand Foch.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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