The Nivelle offensive (16 April – 9 May 1917) was a Franco-British operation on the Western Front in the First World War which was named after General...

wasting French lives. He gives his name to the Nivelle Offensive. Following the successes at Verdun, Nivelle was promoted to commander-in-chief of the French...

the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917. The new French commander of the armies in France, General Robert Nivelle, had promised a decisive...

over 350,000 casualties fighting the Nivelle Offensive. In the spring of 1917, after the failed Nivelle Offensive, there were a series of mutinies in the...

significant US involvement was the Meuse–Argonne offensive in late September 1918. In December 1916, Robert Nivelle replaced Pétain as commander of French armies...

participate in further offensive action. On 15 May Nivelle was removed from command, replaced by Pétain who immediately stopped the offensive. The French would...

the 1917 campaign in the First World War, which had begun with the Nivelle Offensive. The French captured the village and fort of La Malmaison and took...

moment in creating a sense of national identity. Although Nivelle continued the offensive, on 3 May the 21st Division, which had been involved in some...

Offensive and conquered almost all of Romania. In 1917, the German army in the west survived the large British and French offensives of the Nivelle Offensive...

needed for the forthcoming offensive on the Somme; Mangin was limited to one division for the attack with one in reserve. Nivelle reduced the attack to an...

"the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive and subsequent mutinies, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief and succeeded...

assault of the Nivelle Offensive. The objective was to draw German reserves away from the French forces, preparing for a crucial offensive along the Aisne...

bataille de l'Aisne, 16 April – mid-May 1917) was the main part of the Nivelle Offensive, a Franco-British attempt to inflict a decisive defeat on the German...

000,000 to 1,500,000 men for the period from June to December 1916. Nivelle offensive Brusilov writes about this in his memoirs Supreme Commander–in–Chief...

Germany's allies. The day after the Nivelle Offensive began, Robertson circulated another paper warning that Nivelle would be sacked if he failed and urging...

between Soissons and Rheims was reinforced to become the main offensive. The Nivelle Offensive was planned to begin with a British attack on the Bapaume salient...

counter-offensive following the First Battle of the Marne Second Battle of the Aisne (16 April–9 May 1917), main component of the Nivelle Offensive Third...

rationing, and stimulated farming. After supporting the disastrous French Nivelle Offensive in 1917, he had to reluctantly approve Field Marshal Haig's plans...

Anglo-French Nivelle Offensive, the main part of which was the Second Battle of the Aisne 50 mi (80 km) to the south. The aim of the French offensive was to...

historians since 1917 include the wisdom of pursuing an offensive strategy in the wake of the Nivelle Offensive, rather than waiting for the arrival of the American...

being assembled to defend the Aisne front against the Franco-British Nivelle Offensive, preparations for which were barely concealed. Soon after taking over...

Anglo-French counter-offensive following the First Battle of the Marne. Second Battle of the Aisne (1917) – main component of the Nivelle Offensive. Third Battle...

the French Army in the spring of 1917 following the failure of the Nivelle Offensive and massive strikes. France might have collapsed from war exhaustion...

Mesen) in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. The Nivelle Offensive in April and May had failed to achieve its more grandiose aims, had...

deployment of armour, Nivelle hoped that the tanks produced could be made of some use by letting them assist his planned offensive. Ultimately, the Germans...

against Germany was imminent. He was initially reluctant to go as the Nivelle Offensive was underway. On 6 April the United States Congress declared war on...

the 37th Infantry Division for the 15 December offensive of the Battle of Verdun and the Nivelle Offensive of April 1917. He received command of the 9th...

Bayonne 7 Toulouse 6 5 4 3 Nivelle 2 1    The Battle of Nivelle (10 November 1813) took place in front of the river Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular...

failure of the Nivelle Offensive. His combat troops, however, were mutinous, and let known their opposition to his planned offensive against the German...

Castelnau in the First Battle of Champagne (1914), and by Robert Nivelle in the Nivelle offensive (1917). Joseph Joffre, French chief of general staff from 1911...