Robert Nivelle
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Robert Georges Nivelle was a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. In May 1916, he succeeded Philippe Pétain as commander of the French Second Arm
General Nivelle c. 1917
General Nivelle in 1916. Autochrome portrait by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
General Robert Nivelle, wearing the three stars of a General de Division in Times history 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