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In what year did Joffre become Commander-in-Chief?

  • 1910

  • 1912

  • 1914

  • 1916

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In 1914, General Joseph Joffre became Commander-in-Chief of the French Army. He was responsible for leading the French forces during the First World War. Joffre's most notable victory was the Battle of the Marne in 1914, which stopped the German advance on Paris.
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