1929. Here are set down, for all the world to read the thoughts of Marshal Foch on the conduct of the World War, his opinions of the Allied military and political leaders, his estimates of the men against whom he pitted his wits in the great battles of the War. It is a startling record, one which the Marshal himself has authorized. Marshal Foch was the great French Marshal who led the Allied armies to decisive victory during the last year of World War I.