Second Battle of the Aisne

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World War I battle battle

The Second Battle of the Aisne was a major 1917 World War I offensive by French forces against German positions on the Western Front, notable for its heavy casualties and limited territorial gains.

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Label Occurrences
Second Battle of the Aisne canonical 4
Aisne and Champagne campaigns 1
Aisne offensive 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Nivelle Offensive on the Aisne
belligerent French Third Republic ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
casualties very heavy ⓘ
causeOf Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
surface form: French Army mutinies of 1917
commandChangeConsequence appointment of Philippe Pétain as French commander-in-chief ⓘ
dismissal of Robert Nivelle ⓘ
commander Charles Mangin ⓘ
Fritz von Below ⓘ
Max von Boehn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippe Pétain ⓘ
Robert Nivelle ⓘ
conflictIn World War I ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateEnd 1917-05-09 ⓘ
dateStart 1917-04-16 ⓘ
followedBy Third Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
frontLength approximately 40 kilometers ⓘ
involvedUnit French 10th Army ⓘ
French Fifth Army ⓘ
surface form: French 5th Army

French 6th Army ⓘ
German 7th Army ⓘ
location Aisne ⓘ
surface form: Aisne River

Aisne (department) ⓘ
surface form: Aisne department

Chemin des Dames ridge ⓘ
France ⓘ
notableFor collapse of French army morale ⓘ
high French casualties ⓘ
limited territorial gains ⓘ
subsequent French army mutinies ⓘ
objective breakthrough of German lines on the Aisne ⓘ
decisive victory within 48 hours as planned by Nivelle ⓘ
partOf Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
precededBy First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
result French offensive failure ⓘ
German defensive victory ⓘ
strategicContext Allied attempt to break trench warfare stalemate in 1917 ⓘ
territorialGain limited French gains ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
usedForceType artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
usedTactic creeping barrage ⓘ
massive preliminary artillery bombardment ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Aisne → contains → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chemin des Dames
Aisne → historicalEventSite → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery → honorsBattles → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oise-Aisne Offensive
Aisne (department) → historicEvent → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
subject surface form: Aisne
Campaigns of World War I → hasPart → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aisne and Champagne campaigns
Nivelle Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
Aisne → historicalEvent → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
Oise-Aisne → notableFor → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aisne offensives
Oise-Aisne → militaryOperation → Second Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aisne offensive