- The Chemin des Dames: On the Plateau of California, a major objective of the Nivelle offensive, vestiges of the 'Trench of the Balcony', where took place particularly fierce fighting. The Germans took from behind the French infantry, causing a massacre in french soldiers. 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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The Chemin des Dames: On the Plateau of California, a major objective of the Nivelle offensive, vestiges of the "Trench of the Balcony", where took place particularly fierce fighting. The Germans took from behind the French infantry, causing a massacre in french soldiers. 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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