FERDINAND FOCH

FERDINAND FOCH ( FOSH, FRENCH: [FƐʁDINⱭ̃ FƆƩ]; 2 OCTOBER 1851 – 20 MARCH 1929) WAS A FRENCH GENERAL, MARSHAL OF FRANCE AND A MEMBER OF THE ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE AND ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES.

Ferdinand Foch ( FOSH, French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ fɔʃ]; 2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general, Marshal of France and a member of the Académie Française and Académie des Sciences. He distinguished himself as Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front during the First World War in 1918.