<!:TITLE=Ferdinand Foch><l:lexpage><l:lexhead>General Ferdinand Foch<l:/lexhead>
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In 1914 Foch led the victorious battle at the river Marne. In 1916 he led the Somme offensive and became Chief-of-Generals in 1917. In 1918 he became Commander-in-Chief of the joint Allied army at the western front. In March 1918 he was victorious and forced the Germans to retreat. Later, he dictated the conditions of surrender for the two German politicians in his railway carriage at Compiégne in the northern France.
