Nivelle Offensive

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battle of World War I military offensive

The Nivelle Offensive was a major but ultimately disastrous French-led Allied attack on the Western Front in 1917, intended to break the stalemate of trench warfare but resulting in heavy casualties and widespread mutinies in the French Army.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nivelle Offensive canonical 7
French Army mutinies of 1917 3
Allied spring offensives of 1917 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of World War I ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
actualDuration several weeks of fighting ⓘ
airSupport significant use of reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
artilleryPiecesUsed over 7,000 artillery guns ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
casualties heavy French casualties ⓘ
commander Douglas Haig ⓘ
Philippe Pétain ⓘ
Robert Nivelle ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
consequence appointment of Philippe Pétain as French Commander-in-Chief ⓘ
dismissal of Robert Nivelle ⓘ
widespread mutinies in the French Army ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateAnnounced 1916-12 ⓘ
endDate 1917-05-09 ⓘ
followedBy Nivelle Offensive self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Army mutinies of 1917

shift to defensive French strategy in 1917 ⓘ
forceStrength over one million Allied troops committed ⓘ
frontLength approximately 40 kilometers ⓘ
historicalAssessment considered a major strategic failure ⓘ
example of the limits of attritional warfare ⓘ
involvedUnit British First Army ⓘ
Third Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Third Army

French Fifth Army ⓘ
French Second Army ⓘ
location Aisne ⓘ
surface form: Aisne River

Champagne province ⓘ
surface form: Champagne region

Chemin des Dames ridge ⓘ
surface form: Chemin des Dames
objective achieve a decisive breakthrough against German lines ⓘ
break the stalemate of trench warfare ⓘ
opposedBy German 7th Army ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
plannedDuration 48 hours for decisive breakthrough ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Verdun ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
result Allied operational failure ⓘ
German defensive victory ⓘ
startDate 1917-04-16 ⓘ
strategy concentrated frontal assault ⓘ
creeping barrage ⓘ
massive artillery preparation ⓘ
tacticalOutcome failure to achieve breakthrough ⓘ
limited territorial gains ⓘ
theatre Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War I

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Arras (1917) → campaign → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Aisne → historicalEventSite → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Robert Nivelle → notableWork → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Robert Nivelle → battle → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Robert Nivelle → significantEvent → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Army mutinies of 1917
Aisne (department) → historicEvent → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
subject surface form: Aisne
this entity surface form: Chemin des Dames offensive
Charles Mangin → participatedIn → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) → associatedWith → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied spring offensives of 1917
Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) → relatedEvent → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Nivelle Offensive → followedBy → Nivelle Offensive self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Army mutinies of 1917
Second Battle of the Aisne → partOf → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Second Battle of the Aisne → causeOf → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Army mutinies of 1917
Second Battle of the Aisne → alsoKnownAs → Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nivelle Offensive on the Aisne