As quoted in The Campaign of the Marne (1935) by Sewell Tyng, p. 350.
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I don't know who won the Battle of the Marne. But if it had been lost, I know who would have lost it.
— Joseph Joffre
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About Joseph Joffre
Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (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.
About Joseph Joffre
Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (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.
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