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Photograph of Ferdinand FochWho's Who: France
Updated - Saturday, 29 January, 2005

This page of the Who's Who section of the site lists biographical entries by country - in this case, France.

Here you'll find details on the life of the numerous French wartime premiers, including Briand and Clemenceau, along with the sole wartime President, Raymond Poincare.  There are also biographies of the many French field commanders and chiefs of staff.

Jean Paul Elzeard Ambrogi, Fighter Pilot
Francois Anthoine, General
Jean Augagneur, Minister of Marine
Henri Berthelot, Chief of Staff
Maurice Bizot, Fighter Pilot
Paul Bolo, Traitor
Leon Bourjade, Fighter Pilot
Maurice Boyau, Fighter Pilot
Aristide Briand, Prime Minister
Joseph Caillaux, Prime Minister
Paul Cambon, Foreign Minister
Jean Casale, Fighter Pilot
Noel de Castelnau, General
Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister
Michel Coiffard, Fighter Pilot
Marie-Eugene Debeney, General
Augustin Boue de Lapeyrere, Naval C-in-C
Theophile Delcasse, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Franchet d'Esperey, Marshal
Albert Louis Deullin, Fighter Pilot
Auguste Dubail, General
Pierre Dubois, General
Denis Auguste Duchene, General
Jacques Ehrlich, Fighter Pilot
Marie Fayolle, General
Ferdinand Foch, Supreme Allied Commander
Rene Fonck, Fighter Pilot
Joseph Gallieni, General
Hector Garaud, Fighter Pilot
Roland Garros, Fighter Pilot
Paul Gastin, Fighter Pilot
Dominique-Marie Gauchet, C-in-C, Mediterranean
Henri Gouraud, General
Gabriel Guerin, Fighter Pilot
Adolphe Guillaumat, General
Georges Guynemer, Fighter Pilot
Georges Humbert, General
Jean Jaures, Socialist Party Leader
Joseph Joffre, Commander-in-Chief
Auguste Lahoulle, Fighter Pilot
Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze, Minister of Marine
Fernand de Langle de Cary, General
Charles Lanrezac, General
Maxime Lenoir, Fighter Pilot
Adrien Leps, Fighter Pilot
Hubert Lyautey, War Minister
Louis Malvy, Minister of the Interior
Charles Mace, Fighter Pilot
Georges Madon, Fighter Pilot
Paul Maistre, General
Charles Mangin, General
Pierre Marinovitch, Fighter Pilot
Louis Maud'huy, General
Michel-Joseph Maunoury, General
Joseph Alfred Micheler, General
Alexandre Millerand, Minister of War
Jean Navarre, Fighter Pilot
Robert Nivelle, Commander-in-Chief
Marcel Nogues, Fighter Pilot
Charles Nungesser, Fighter Pilot
Paul Painleve, Prime Minister
Paul Pau, General
Henri-Philippe Petain, Commander-in-Chief
Armand Pinsard, Fighter Pilot
Raymond Poincare, President
Alexandre Ribot, Prime Minister
Pierre Ruffey, General
Maurice Sarrail, General
Albert Thomas, Under-Secretary for Munitions
Rene Viviani, Prime Minister
Maxime Weygand, Chief of Staff

"Strafing" is attacking ground forces by machine guns fired from low-flying aircraft.


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