Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.

Marechal Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand Foch (Breton pronounced "Fosh"). OM GCB (2 October 1851 - 20 March 1929) was a French soldier, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its final year, 1918. Shortly after the start of the Spring Offensive, Germany's final attempt to win the war, Foch was chosen as supreme commander of the Allied armies, a position that he held until 11 November 1918, when he accepted the German request for an armistice

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