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© Stéphane Compoint
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The Chemin des Dames: The plateau of California, which was a major goal of the Nivelle offensive. In the foreground, the work of artist Haim Kern, opened in November 1998 by Lionel Jospin (then french Prime Minister). At the foot of the sculpture, the words "They did not choose their burial," which raises the question of the mutinies of 1917, a long time taboo in France. On April 16, 1917 at 6:00 am begins the great offensive commanded by General Nivelle, to end the endless trench warfare. Nearly a million people were gathered between Soissons (west) and Reims (east). Without an appropriate strategy, it has been a dismal failure for the French army, which cause the largest movement of mutinies of war and the resignation of Nivelle.
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