Joseph Gallieni
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Joseph Simon Gallieni was a French military officer, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies where he wrote several books on colonial affairs.
Gallieni in 1910
The final assault on Toubacouta, Mahmadu Lamine's stronghold, in 1887
Execution of two Malagasy officials under order of General Gallieni
Frieze of Gallieni near the Rova of Antananarivo in Madagascar
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
Joseph Gallieni
…October 1915 he served as Minister of War, resigning from that post in March 1916 after criticizing the performance of the French Commander-in-Chief, Joseph Joffre (formerly his subordinate, earlier in their careers), during the German attack on Verdun. He died later that year and was made Marshal of France…
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.