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Northwest Europe - Western Front - General Situation January 1917 - The Battle of Arras and the Second Battle of the Aisne April to May 1917
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1917-01-01/ 1917-05-31
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The Second Battle of the Aisne, 16 April – mid-May 1917, was the main part of the Nivelle Offensive, a Franco-British attempt to inflict a decisive defeat on the German armies in France. The Entente strategy was to conduct offensives from north to south, beginning with an attack by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) then the main attack by two French army groups on the Aisne. General Robert Nivelle planned the offensive in December 1916, after he replaced Joseph Joffre as Commander-in-Chief of the French Army.
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Wikipedia: Second_Battle_of_the_Aisne
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