p. 79
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In tactics, action is the governing rule of war.
— Ferdinand Foch
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Ferdinand Foch" (Quotes, 1910s, Precepts and Judgments (1919): As translated by Hilaire Belloc (1920) Full text online)
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About Ferdinand Foch
Marshal Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch (2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and Poland, a military theorist and the Allied Supreme Allied Commander during the final year of the First World War.
About Ferdinand Foch
Marshal Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch (2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and Poland, a military theorist and the Allied Supreme Allied Commander during the final year of the First World War.
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