Foch
Americannoun
noun
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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
This influx of cash allowed Epstein to purchase vast, international real-estate holdings, including a Manhattan triplex, the apartments on East 66th Street, a Stanley, New Mexico ranch and an Avenue Foch apartment in Paris.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2022
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
Foch, the French Marshal, doffed his feathered hat and, according to the newspaper accounts, declared: “You are forever inscribed on the rolls of honor of the French armies.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021
The armistice terms presented by Marshal Foch were designed to make sure that the Germans would have no further power to resist.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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