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Joseph Joffre

1852 - 1931

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Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre , (French: [ʒozɛf ʒɔfʁ]; 12 January 1852 – 3 January 1931) 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 regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. His political position waned after unsuccessful offensives in 1915, the German attack on Verdun in 1916, and the disappointing results of the Anglo-French offensive on the Somme in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Joffre has received more than 946,353 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Joffre is the 161st most popular military personnel (up from 169th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from France (down from 517th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Military Personnel.

Joseph Joffre was a French general who led the French army during World War I. He is most famous for commanding the French and British forces in the Battle of the Marne, which stopped the German advance on Paris.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Joseph Joffre ranks 161 out of 2,058. Before him are Józef Poniatowski, Alfred von Schlieffen, Semyon Timoshenko, Abraha, Hermann Fegelein, and Alexander Selkirk. After him are Louis, Grand Condé, Joachim Peiper, Semyon Budyonny, Anton Denikin, Matilda of Tuscany, and Paul Hausser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Joseph Joffre ranks 11. Before him are Gojong of Korea, William Ramsay, Emil Fischer, Albert A. Michelson, Henri Moissan, and Santiago Ramón y Cajal. After him are Francisco Tárrega, Charles Taze Russell, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Constantin Fehrenbach. Among people deceased in 1931, Joseph Joffre ranks 12. Before him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Omar Mukhtar, Albert A. Michelson, Arthur Schnitzler, Geli Raubal, and Lili Elbe. After him are George Herbert Mead, Theo van Doesburg, Carl Nielsen, F. W. Murnau, Bhagat Singh, and Hermann Müller.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Joffre ranks 530 out of 6,770. Before him are Auguste Escoffier (1847), Victor Grignard (1871), Allan Kardec (1804), Richard Clayderman (1953), Charles Richet (1850), and Hilary of Poitiers (315). After him are Avitus (395), Marcel Mauss (1872), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), and Boris Vian (1920).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Joseph Joffre ranks 16. Before him are Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Jean Lannes (1769), André Masséna (1758), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045). After him are Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Auguste de Marmont (1774), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), and Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766).

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