Nivelle Offensive
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The Nivelle offensive was a Franco-British operation on the 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 offensive. The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking through the German defences on the Aisne front within 48 hours, with casualties expected to be around 10,000 men. A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First, Third and Fifth armies at Arras, to capture high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne. The main offensive was to be delivered by the French on the Chemin des Dames ridge. A subsidiary attack was to be made by the Fourth Army. The final stage of the offensive was to follow the meeting of the British and French armies, having broken through the German lines, to pursue the defeated German armies towards the German frontier.
1917
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The Nivelle Offensive, April-may 1917 Q69623
The attack on Loivre and Berméricourt
Craonne and the east end of the Chemin des Dames
Chemin des Dames 1917
Plan of the defences of Chavonne
The attack on Ville-aux-Bois
Attack on Loivre and Berméricourt
The defences of Chavonne, 1917
Craonne and the eastern Chemin des Dames
French attack on Ville-aux-Bois| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | weapon | Paris Gun | siege artillery | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Soissons (978) | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 486 | Battle of Soissons | battle, Salian Franks, Romain-Gaul domain of Soissons | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 718 | Battle of Soissons | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 741 | Siege of Laon | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 923 | Battle of Soissons | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1411 | Siege of Coucy | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Siege of Soissons | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Craonne | France, Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Laon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Siege of Soissons | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Siege of La Fère | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | First Battle of the Aisne | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Nivelle Offensive | British Empire, Robert Nivelle, German Empire, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, French Third Republic, Erich Ludendorff, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Russian Expeditionary Force in France, offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of the Aisne | Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Charles Mangin, Karl von Einem, Denis Auguste Duchêne, François Anthoine, Joseph Alfred Micheler, Georges Louis Humbert, Olivier Mazel, battle, French Third Republic, Max von Boehn, Fritz von Below, German Empire, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Erich Ludendorff, Robert Nivelle, Russian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of La Malmaison | battle, Max von Boehn, German Empire, French Third Republic, Paul Maistre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Third Battle of the Aisne | United States, German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Soissons | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Fismes and Fismette | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of the Ailette | battle | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 38 cm SK L/45, emplacement Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Wolfsschlucht II | military camp, military museum, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Condé-sur-Aisne | military museum, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de la Malmaison | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 2021 | France 40 Vehicles Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | tower | donjon de Cerny-lès-Bucy | keep | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Tour Penchée de Laon | inclined tower, fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1140 | Donjon d'Ambleny | keep | Wikidata |
| commons | image | The Nivelle Offensive, April-may 1917 Q69623 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The attack on Loivre and Berméricourt | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Craonne and the east end of the Chemin des Dames | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Chemin des Dames 1917 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Plan of the defences of Chavonne | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The attack on Ville-aux-Bois | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Attack on Loivre and Berméricourt | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The defences of Chavonne, 1917 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Craonne and the eastern Chemin des Dames | Commons | ||
| commons | image | French attack on Ville-aux-Bois | Commons | ||
