Название: Breaking Point of the French Army: The Nivelle Offensive of 1917
Автор: David Murphy
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781592926
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 22,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
In December 1916 General Robert Nivelle was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French armies fighting the Germans on the Western Front. He had enjoyed a meteoric rise to high command and public acclaim since the beginning of the war - he was a national hero. In return, he proclaimed he ‘had the formula’ that would ensure victory and end the conflict in 1917. But his offensive was a bloody and humiliating failure for France, one that could have opened the way for French defeat.
This is the subject of David Murphy’s penetrating, in-depth study of one of the key events in the history of the Great War.