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Georges Clemenceau
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1917
November
16
Clemenceau government
On 16 November 1917 Georges Clemenceau, 76, became French prime minister and war minister, promising war until victory and a reckoning with "defeatists".
23
Lebrun becomes minister of blockade
On 23 November 1917 Albert Lebrun succeeded Charles Jonnart as French Minister of Blockade and the Liberated Regions. Jonnart left after a week.
December
01
First meeting of the Supreme War Council
On 1 December 1917 the Allied Supreme War Council met at Versailles. Clemenceau told the military advisers to assess how the war should be waged in 1918.
10
Sarrail recalled
On 10 December 1917 Clemenceau removed Gen. Sarrail from command of the Allied armies in Macedonia. He was succeeded by Gen. Guillaumat.
1918
March
26
Key event
Doullens conference
On 26 March 1918, in the town hall at Doullens, the French and British entrusted General Foch with coordinating the Allied armies on the Western Front.
April
03
Beauvais Conference
On 3 April 1918 at Beauvais the French, British and US governments gave General Foch the strategic direction of operations on the Western Front.
11
Sixtus affair
On 11 April 1918 the French government published Emperor Charles I's secret 1917 letter backing France's "just claims" to Alsace-Lorraine.
14
Key event
Foch becomes Allied commander-in-chief
On 14 April 1918 Foch became commander-in-chief of the Allied armies in France. That day at Abbeville he refused to relieve Haig's British divisions.
May
29
Germans take Fère-en-Tardenois
On 29 May 1918 the Germans took Fère-en-Tardenois, a railway junction and supply centre of the French Sixth Army. Clemenceau nearly fell into their hands there.
June
18
Franchet d'Espèrey takes command at Salonika
On 18 June 1918 General Franchet d'Espèrey took command of the Allied armies at Salonika. Guillaumat returned to France as Military Governor of Paris.
November
19
Pétain becomes Marshal of France
On 19 November 1918, the day the French entered Metz, General Pétain learned he would be made a Marshal of France. The decree was signed on 21 November.