Ferdinand Foch Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Conscription

Asks Clemenceau to call up the 1920 conscripts in 1918

Role range: 1914-1918

Conference of Bombon

Decides to free the Paris-Verdun, Paris-Amiens & Verdun-Arricourt routes. Conference of all the commanders-in-chief to consider allied operations, all present proposals for the employment of allied armies

Role range: 1914-1918

Amiens Offensive

Approves coordinated Allied operations that lead into the Amiens attack.

Role range: 1914-1918

Conference of Bombon

Coordinates Allied plans for limited offensives, including operations around Amiens.

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Marne, 2nd

The Allies capture Fere Forest, La Croise Range, Oulchy-le-Chateau & Villemontoire. The Allies advance 2 miles

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Marne, 2nd

The Allies capture Romigny-St Gemme

Role range: 1914-1918

Mobilization

July-August, launches counter-attacks after the arrival of 300,000 Americans a month

Role range: 1914-1918

Hundred Days Offensive

Foch coordinates Allied attacks including Ypres.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Supreme War Council

Helps frame Allied military conditions before the armistice.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1918

Armistice

Heads the Allied armistice negotiations with the Germans

Role range: 1914-1918

Peace

Heads the Allied armistice negotiations with the Germans

Role range: 1914-1918

Western Front

General advance along most of the Western Front, resulting in the German Armys final defeat and the signing of an armistice on November 11 to bring hostilities between the Allies and Central Powers to an end

Role range: 1914-1918

Fourth Army

Launched as part of Marshal Ferdinand Foch's Grand Offensive, comprising attacks by the AEF and French 4th Army on September 26, the British 4th Army from September 27 and the British and Belgians at Ypres

Role range: 1914-1918

Offensive

Foch's grand offensive includes British and Belgian attacks near Ypres.

Role range: 1914-1918

Supreme War Council

Advises Allied leaders on military enforcement after the armistice.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1919

Peace Conference

Advocates that the Rhine becomes France's eastern border

Role range: 1914-1918

Death of Ferdinand Foch

Death of Ferdinand Foch