page_title: Allies of World War I
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: Allies of World War I / Leaders / France
caption_attribution_description: Scan of L'ILLUSTRATION No 3791 30 Octobre 1915. Le Roi George V, Le General Joffre et le President de la Republique sur le front.
context_page_description: The Allies of World War I or Entente Powers were the coalition led by France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during the First World War.
  By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the major European powers were divided between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente was made up of France, Britain, and Russia. The Triple Alliance was originally composed of Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy, which remained neutral in 1914. As the war progressed, each coalition added new members. Japan joined the Entente in 1914. After proclaiming its neutrality at the beginning of the war, Italy also joined the Entente in 1915. The term "Allies" became more widely used than "Entente", although the Principal Allies of France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and Japan were sometimes known also as Quintuple Entente. The United States joined in 1917 as an "associated power" rather than an official ally.
  Other "associated members" included Serbia, Belgium, Montenegro, Asir, Nejd and Hasa, Portugal, Romania, Hejaz, Panama,
context_section_description: Raymond Poincaré – President of France
  René Viviani – Prime Minister of France (13 June 1914 – 29 October 1915)
  Aristide Briand – Prime Minister of France (29 October 1915 – 20 March 1917)
  Alexandre Ribot – Prime Minister of France (20 March 1917 – 12 September 1917)
  Paul Painlevé – Prime Minister of France (12 September 1917 – 16 November 1917)
  Georges Clemenceau – Prime Minister of France (from 16 November 1917)
  Divisional General/Marshal Joseph Joffre – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (3 August 1914 – 13 December 1916)
  Divisional General Robert Nivelle – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (13 December 1916 – April 1917)
  Divisional General/Marshal Philippe Pétain – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (April 1917 – 11 November 1918)
  Divisional General/Marshal Ferdinand Foch – Supreme Allied Commander (26 March 1918 – 11 November 1918)
  Divisional General Maurice Sarrail – Commander of the Allied armies at Salonika Front (1915–1917)
  Army General Adolphe Guillaumat – Commander of the Allied armies at Salonika Front (1917–1918)
  Divisional General/Marshal Louis Franchet d'Espèrey – Commander of the Allied armies at Salonika Front (1918)
  Brigadier General Milan Rastislav Štefánik – General of French Army, Commander of Czechoslovak Legions
caption: President Raymond Poincaré and King George V, 1915
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