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Breaking Point of the French Army - The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 (Hardcover)
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Breaking Point of the French Army - The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 (Hardcover)
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In December 1916 General Robert Nivelle was appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the French armies fighting the Germans on the
Western Front. He had enjoyed a meteoric rise to high command and
public acclaim since the beginning of the war - he was a national
hero. In return, he proclaimed he 'had the formula' that would
ensure victory and end the conflict in 1917. But his offensive was
a bloody and humiliating failure for France, one that could have
opened the way for French defeat. This is the subject of David
Murphy's penetrating, in-depth study of one of the key events in
the history of the Great War. He describes how Nivelle, a highly
intelligent and articulate officer, used his charm to win the
support of French and British politicians, but also how he was vain
and boastful and displayed no sense of operational security. By the
opening of the campaign, his plan was an open secret and he had
lost the ability to critically assess the operation as it
developed. The result was disaster.
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