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Henri Mathias Berthelot - General of France, Founder of Modern Romania (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Henri Mathias Berthelot - General of France, Founder of Modern Romania (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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At the beginning of the First World War, Henri Mathias Berthelot
was recognized as one of France's most brilliant younger generals.
His sharp intelligence, prodigious organizational talents, and
verbal skills had made him the trusted assistant to a succession of
French chiefs of staff. He shared responsibility for the earliest
defeats of the French Army, but also for the remarkable recovery
that followed. His career as a field commander began with a reverse
at Soissons (January 1915) but acclaimed successes followed,
including the Labyrinth (Artois 1915) and Mort Homme (Verdun 1916).
Following the war, he contributed to the reintegration of Alsace
and Lorraine into France in his role as military governor of Metz
(1919-1921) and Strasbourg (1923-1926). Simultaneously, he played
an influential role on the Conseil Superieure de Guerre in its
debates over the defense of France which eventually produced the
Maginot Line. While, unfortunately, Berthelot's military career in
France has not re
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