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The Chemin des Dames offensive — The failed offensive that triggered the mutinies, 16 April 1917
Nivelle promised breakthrough in forty-eight hours; on 16 April 1917 the assault broke on the plateau. The moral crisis spread through the army: mutinies in most divisions, some thirty shot as examples. (Editorial synthesis)
The Chemin des Dames offensive took place on 16 April 1917. (source: Larousse)
The Chemin des Dames offensive ended in a failure costing France 120,000 casualties, widespread mutinies — and Nivelle replaced by Pétain. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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