FOCH, FERDINAND

born Oct. 2, 1851, Tarbes, France died March 20, 1929, Paris marshal of France and commander of Allied forces during the closing months of World War I, generally considered the leader most responsible for the Allied victory. Additional reading Liddell Hart (B.H. Liddell Hart), Foch: The Man of Orlans (1931, reprinted 1980); James Marshall-Cornwall, Foch as Military Commander (1972).