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Joseph Joffre

1852 - 1931

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Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre , (French: [ʒozɛf ʒɔfʁ]; 12 January 1852 – 3 January 1931) was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916. He is best known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. His political position waned after unsuccessful offensives in 1915, the German attack on Verdun in 1916, and the disappointing results of the Anglo-French offensive on the Somme in 1916. At the end of 1916 he was promoted to Marshal of France, the first such elevation under the Third Republic, and moved to an advisory role, from which he quickly resigned. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Joffre is the 159th most popular military personnel (up from 161st in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from France (down from 530th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Military Personnel.

Joseph Joffre was a French general who led the French army during World War I. He is most famous for commanding the French and British forces in the Battle of the Marne, which stopped the German advance on Paris.

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Among military personnels, Joseph Joffre ranks 159 out of 2,058. Before him are Pyotr Bagration, Zhang Fei, Hermann Fegelein, Michael Wittmann, Pancho Villa, and Matilda of Tuscany. After him are Dragut, Dong Zhuo, Jean Lannes, Alexander Selkirk, Robert Peary, and Draža Mihailović.

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Among people born in 1852, Joseph Joffre ranks 15. Before him are Charles Taze Russell, Gojong of Korea, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Francisco Tárrega, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, and Santiago Ramón y Cajal. After him are Augusta, Lady Gregory, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Alice Liddell, Constantin Fehrenbach, and Christian Krohg. Among people deceased in 1931, Joseph Joffre ranks 15. Before him are Omar Mukhtar, Arthur Schnitzler, Lili Elbe, Bhagat Singh, Hermann Müller, and Carl Nielsen. After him are Theo van Doesburg, Arnold Bennett, Geli Raubal, George Herbert Mead, F. W. Murnau, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Joffre ranks 538 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Marc Bloch (1886), Lucien Bonaparte (1775), William II of England (1056), Emma of Normandy (985), and Hippolyte Fizeau (1819). After him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), Louis Aragon (1897), Jean Lannes (1769), John Vianney (1786), and André Frédéric Cournand (1895).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Joseph Joffre ranks 14. Before him are Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), and André Masséna (1758). After him are Jean Lannes (1769), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), and Jacques MacDonald (1765).

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