Allied Commanders Henri Philippe Pétain, Douglas Haig, Ferdinand Foch, and John J. Pershing. Foch was Allied Commander in Chief, the other men commanders of the French Army, the British Expeditionary Force, and the American Expeditionary Force respectively. From The Memoirs of Marshall Foch by Marshall Foch.
Commanders of the Allies in 1918 and their autographs.Pétain Haig Foch Pershing
"Henceforth the armies should envisage the resumption of the offensive. Commanders at all echelons will prepare for this; they will focus resolutely on using simple, audacious, and rapid procedures of attack. The soldier will be trained in the same sense and his offensive spirit developed to the maximum."
French Commander Henri Philippe Pétain's Directive Number 5, of July 12, 1918 echoed Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch's letter to Pétain on June 28. Although Pétain was much more cautious than Foch, he had claimed in June that, if the Allies survived the month, they could resume the offensive in July.
Pyrrhic Victory; French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty, page 464, copyright © 2005 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, publisher: Harvard University Press, publication date: 2005
1918-07-12, 1918, July, Henri Philippe Petain, Petain, Henri Philippe Pétain, Pétain, Foch Petain Haig and Pershing
