After the war, Foulkes was appointed Chief of the General Staff (CGS) and, in 1951, the year he was promoted to full general, the first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. General Guy Simonds as army chief clashed with Foulkes about where to station the newly-envisaged Canadian force in West Germany. The continentalist Foulkes, who wanted to move Canada closer to the United States, wanted the Canadians to serve with the U.S Army forces in southern West Germany. Simonds by contrast argued that for historical reasons the Canadians should serve with the British forces in northern West Germany, arguing that the Canadians would fight better with them if the Soviet Ground Forces and their Eastern European satellites should invade West Germany. Simonds stated that the Canadians had fought alongside the British successively in the Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War, and moreover the Canadian Army was closely modelled after the British Army right down to having British-style uniforms and ranks and the same regimental structure; for all these reasons, Simonds felt that placing the Canadians with the British in northern West Germany would be a better fit. As the Canadian decision-makers had been "shocked by the American performance in Korea" while the British forces fighting in Korea had fought well, Simonds won the debate and it was agreed that the Canadians would serve as part of the British Army of the Rhine, though Foulkes was able to ensure the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) units would serve with the United States Air Force instead of the Royal Air Force. Foulkes retired in 1960. In 1968 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He taught at Carleton University in 1968 and 1969. He died in Ottawa in 1969. His medals and other personal artifacts are on display at the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in London, Ontario. He was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Western Ontario on 11 June 1947. References Bibliography External links Order of Canada Citation The Canadian Encyclopedia Generals of World War II Canada's 25 Most Renowned Military Leaders |- |- |- 1903 births 1969 deaths University of Western Ontario alumni British Baptists British emigrants to Canada Canadian Baptists Canadian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Canadian Companions of the Order of the Bath Canadian Companions of