Robert Georges Nivelle (15 October 1856 – 22 March 1924) was a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War...

Western Front in the First World War which was named after General Robert Nivelle, the commander-in-chief of the French metropolitan armies, who led the...

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...

the leading perpetrators of the Holocaust in Italy French military Robert Nivelle (1856–1924), French artillery officer who led the French forces during...

to the government, consultative member of the War Committee", with Robert Nivelle as commander-in-chief of the Armies of the North and Northeast. It is...

Verdun from the defensive-minded Philippe Pétain to the offensive-minded Robert Nivelle, the French attempted to re-capture Fort Douaumont on 22 May but were...

October 1916, troops under Robert Nivelle's command captured Douaumont and other Verdun forts, making him a national hero. Nivelle formulated a plan using...

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

then the main attack by two French army groups on the Aisne. General Robert Nivelle planned the offensive in December 1916, after he replaced Joseph Joffre...

At the disastrous Chemin des Dames offensive of 1917 under General Robert Nivelle, they were said to have gone into no man's land making baa'ing noises—a...

1916 Battle of Verdun in the First World War when French Army General Robert Nivelle urged his troops not to let the enemy pass. The simplified slogan of...

promoted to the command of Groupe d'armées du centre (GAC) and General Robert Nivelle took over the Second Army at Verdun. From 4 to 24 May, German attacks...

Marshal of France François-Marie-Casimir Négrier (1788–1848) (heart) Robert Nivelle (1856–1924) Nicolas d'Orange des Roches [fr] (1618–1705), Governor 1696–1705...

in World War I. Nivelles, a town in central Belgium Battle of Nivelle, a battle fought in 1813 near the river Nivelle Robert Nivelle (1856–1924), French...

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

Pétain and Robert Nivelle. General de Curières de Castelnau (Mobilization – 21 June 1915) General Pétain (21 June 1915 – 1 May 1916) General Nivelle (1 May...

the Battle of Verdun. The French counter-offensive devised by General Robert Nivelle had been one of a number of Allied successes of 1916. Following extensive...

April and 25 April 1917. To soften up the German defences, General Robert Nivelle, an artilleryman by training and experience, inflicted a six-day artillery...

of the Aisne (also known as Nivelle Offensive) ends in disaster for both the French army and its commander Robert Nivelle. (Details) April 17–20 Western...

command of the French IIe Armée in the Verdun sector , under Général Robert Nivelle, laid plans for a counterattack that would retake Fort Donaumont from...

intense bombardment coordinated by his artillery commander General Robert Nivelle. Then a double creeping barrage led the infantry into the shattered...

(1914–1963), the last empress consort of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam Robert Nivelle (1856–1924), general, commander-in-chief of the French armies on the...

However, it soon slowed down again because the new Commander-in-Chief, Robert Nivelle, ordered that priority should be given to the manufacture of the Schneider...

of the war until December 1916, when he was replaced by General Robert Nivelle. Nivelle in turn was replaced in May 1917, after the failure of his spring...

brittle, even in divisions with good combat records. In December 1916, Robert Nivelle replaced Pétain as commander of French armies on the Western Front and...

In December Joffre was replaced as supreme commander by Robert Nivelle. In late January Nivelle learned of the heavy tank project from Estienne. He was...

commander in 1916 – as an ally of the controversial French General Robert Nivelle in early 1917. Later in 1917 he was informal military advisor to British...

 Ottoman Empire Commanders and leaders Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Philippe Pétain John French Douglas Haig Grand Duke Nikolai Nicholas...

the French Army (3 August 1914 – 13 December 1916) Divisional General Robert Nivelle – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (13 December 1916 – April 1917)...

Generalissimo of the Allied Armies (1918); Marshal of France from August 1918 Robert Nivelle – Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (1916–1917) Philippe Pétain...