French General Staff
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The French General Staff was the central military command authority of France, historically influential in national defense and politics and notably implicated in the Dreyfus affair.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| French High Command | 0 | 3 |
| Army Staff of France | 0 | 1 |
| French Army Staff | 0 | 1 |
| French Army high command | 0 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central military command authority
→
military staff → |
| appliesToJurisdiction | French Armed Forces → |
| associatedWith |
French officer corps culture
→
anti-Dreyfusard camp → |
| country | France → |
| criticizedBy |
French republicans
→
intellectuals of the Dreyfusard movement → |
| employed |
Alfred Dreyfus
→
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy → Georges Picquart → Hubert-Joseph Henry → Georges Picquart →
surface form: "Marie-Georges Picquart"
|
| hadReputationFor |
clericalism
→
conservatism → monarchist sympathies → |
| hasRole |
military intelligence
→
operational command → strategic planning → war planning → |
| headquartersLocation | Paris → |
| influenced |
French domestic politics
→
French foreign policy → French national defense policy → |
| involvedIn |
cover-up of evidence in the Dreyfus affair
→
forgery of documents in the Dreyfus affair → |
| ledBy | Chief of the General Staff → |
| location | Paris → |
| notableEvent | Dreyfus affair → |
| opposedBy |
Georges Clemenceau
→
Émile Zola → |
| partOf |
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
→
surface form: "French Ministry of War"
French military establishment → |
| responsibleFor |
border defense planning
→
contingency plans against Germany → coordination of army corps → military intelligence evaluation → mobilization plans → |
| significantIn |
Belle Époque
→
French Third Republic →
surface form: "Third French Republic"
World War I → World War II → interwar period → |
| subordinateTo |
French Minister of War
→
Government of France →
surface form: "French government"
|
| timePeriod |
19th century
→
20th century → |
| usedBuilding |
French Ministry of Defence complex
→
surface form: "War Ministry building in Paris"
|
| usedLanguage | French → |
| wasImplicatedIn | Dreyfus affair → |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "French Army high command"
this entity surface form: "Army Staff of France"
this entity surface form: "French Army Staff"
this entity surface form: "French High Command"
this entity surface form: "French High Command"
this entity surface form: "French High Command"