Joseph Joffre

Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, né le 12 janvier 1852 à Rivesaltes (Pyrénées-Orientales) and died on 3 January 1931 in Paris (7th arrondissement), was a general officer of france for laPremière world War, the architect of the allied victory at the battle of the Marne and of the stabilization of the northern front at the beginning of the war. He was appointed marshal of France in 1916. It is also one of the military officials, the most controversial of the twentieth century, particularly by reason of the employment of the military strategy of the" offensive to the utmost ", which is extremely costly in human lives for relatively poor performance on the field, especially during the battle of the frontiers and the battle of the Marne. In 1916, he was replaced by general Nivelle. En1918, he was elected to the French Academy.