Augustin Dubail
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Augustin Yvon Edmond Dubail was a French Army general. He commanded the First Army and Army Group East during World War I.
General Dubail in 1921, wearing his “Kepi over one eye with the chic exquis (exquisite chic) of the Second Empire”.
Joseph Joffre
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Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre 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 regr
Augustin Dubail
…against Verdun. He called for reinforcements and heavy artillery and the new Allie tanks for the Verdun sector, but the French commander-in-chief, Joseph Joffre, was not convinced that an attack was imminent. When the German offensive began at Verdun, Joffre partly blamed Dubail, who was fired in March 1916…
Marshal Joffre, unknown date after 1916
Joffre inspecting Romanian troops
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1922
Joffre during a visit to the Val Fella Valley, Italy.