Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies

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Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies was the supreme military leadership role coordinating the multinational Allied forces on the Western Front during the final phase of World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military position ⓘ
military office ⓘ
supreme command ⓘ
aim to improve coordination among Allied armies ⓘ
to prevent disjointed national operations ⓘ
appliesTo Allied forces on the Western Front ⓘ
linked to: Western Front

American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
French Army on the Western Front ⓘ
appointedBy Allied Supreme War Council ⓘ
associatedWith Allied Supreme War Council ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
commandStructure above national army group commanders ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Allied Powers ⓘ
createdAsResponseTo German Spring Offensive of 1918 ⓘ
dissolvedAfter end of World War I ⓘ
endTime 1919 ⓘ
establishedBy inter-Allied agreement ⓘ
firstHolder Ferdinand Foch ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
inceptionContext crisis of Allied command in early 1918 ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters near the Western Front ⓘ
notableCommander Ferdinand Foch ⓘ
notableFor coordinating final Allied offensives on the Western Front ⓘ
partOf Allied unified command structure ⓘ
responsibleFor allocation of Allied reserves ⓘ
coordination of joint offensives ⓘ
harmonizing national military strategies ⓘ
issuing strategic directives to national commanders ⓘ
overall coordination of British, French, and American forces ⓘ
roleIn coordination of multinational Allied forces ⓘ
planning of major offensives in 1918 ⓘ
strategic direction of Allied operations ⓘ
scope final phase of World War I ⓘ
significantEvent Armistice negotiations of 1918 ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
status defunct position ⓘ
subordinateTo Allied political leadership ⓘ
typeOfCommand coalition command ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
other Allied languages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ferdinand Foch → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies ⓘ