Ferdynand FOCH, Memoirs 1914–1918.

Diaries 1914–1918.

Volumes 1–2. Translated by Otto Laskowski. Warsaw–Kraków 1931. Published by J. Mortkowicz, Publishing Society in Warsaw. 8 (large), p. 295, [3]; 415, numerous illustrations and maps on separate plates (including folded ones), Volume 1 bound in period half-leather, Volume 2 in original paperback cover. 
Slight scuffs on the period half-leather binding; the paperback cover shows signs of staining and creased edges. Untrimmed copy, with rust-colored spots in places. In Volume 1, pp. 81–84 contain photocopies. Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929)—French military commander and theorist, commander of higher tactical units of the French Army, Marshal of France, and Marshal of Poland. This work is one of the most important accounts documenting the behind-the-scenes details of strategic decisions during World War I. In it, the author describes his military career—from commanding the XX Corps in Lorraine, through the battles of the Marne and the Somme, to assuming the position of Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the final phase of the conflict.