1917 French Army mutinies
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The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the
Letter from General Pétain to the Minister of War on the mutinies
The Aisne Front in 1917, site of the Nivelle Offensive.
Possible execution at Verdun during the mutinies in 1917. The original French text accompanying the photograph notes that the uniforms are those of 1914/15 and that the execution may be that of a spy at the beginning of the war.
Second Battle of the Aisne
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The Second Battle of the Aisne was the main part of the Nivelle Offensive, a Franco-British attempt to inflict a decisive defeat on the German armies in France. The Entente strategy was to conduct off
Chemin des Dames and Champagne, 1917
Chavonne defences, 1917
Illustration of the German retirement to the Siegfriedstellung/Hindenburg Line, 1917
Western Front, April 1917