Robert Nivelle

History of the General Robert Nivelle (1856-1924)

The following commentary about General Robert Nivelle (1856-1924) in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): French General.

Nivelle replaced Marshal Joffre as French Commander-in-Chief in December 1916 and aroused enormous enthusiasm for his plan for a massive Allied offensive in the spring of 1917. In the event the Nivelle Offensive was a disaster, and provoked serious mutinies in the French army. Nivelle was replaced by Pétain.

History of the Nivelle Offensive, 1917

The following commentary about Nivelle Offensive, 1917 in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): A major offensive against the Germans launched by General Nivelle along the Chemin des Dames in April 1917. Although the charming and charismatic Nivelle had aroused enormous expectations, the attack was a fiasco.