In 1917 which Frenchman was appointed chief of the General staff and commander in chief of the Allied armies?
Chief of the Defence Staff (France) Armistice of 11 November 1918. Following the armistice, Marshal Ferdinand Foch was elevated to the digniity of the Marshal of Great Britain and Poland. Chief of the Defence Staff (France) The Chief of the General Staff of the Armies () (acronym: C.E.M.A.) is the chief () of the general staff headquarters () of the Armies () of France and leading senior military officer responsible for usage of the French Armed Forces, ensuring the commandment of all military operations (under reserve of the particular dispositions relative to nuclear deterrence). C.E.M.A. is currently held by Général François Lecointre. The Chef d'État-Major des
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces member of the Cabinet) and the Secretary of State for War. The office was replaced in 1904 with the creation of the Army Council and the appointment of Chief of the General Staff. In 1645, after the Outbreak of the English Civil War, Parliament appointed Thomas Fairfax "Captain General and Commander-in-Chief all the armies and forces raised and to be raised within the Commonwealth of England." Thomas Fairfax was the senior most military officer, having no superior, and held great personal control over the army and its officers. Lord Fairfax was styled "Lord General." None of his successors would use