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Robert Georges Nivelle (15 October 1856 – 22 March 1924) was a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. In May 1916, he succeeded Philippe Pétain as commander of the French Second Army in the Battle of Verdun, leading counter-offensives that rolled back the German forces in late 1916.
Robert Nivelle (born October 15, 1856, Tulle, France—died March 23, 1924, Paris) was the commander in chief of the French armies on the Western Front for five months in World War I. His career was wrecked by the failure of his offensive in the spring of 1917.
Robert Nivelle, né le 15 octobre 1856 à Tulle et mort le 22 mars 1924 à Paris, est un général de division français, grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur et médaillé militaire. Il est généralissime et commandant en chef des armées françaises sur le front de l'Ouest pendant la Première Guerre mondiale de décembre 1916 à mai 1917.
Born in a Protestant family with an English mother, Robert Nivelle studied at the Polytechnique and Military Academy of Artillery. In 1914, he became a colonel and in 1916 lieutenant general and commander of the army at Verdun.
The Nivelle offensive (16 April – 9 May 1917) was a Franco-British operation on the Western Front in the First World War which was named after General Robert Nivelle, the commander-in-chief of the French metropolitan armies, who led the offensive.
Learn about Robert Nivelle, the artillery expert who led the French Army in Verdun and the Nivelle Offensive. Find out how he rose and fell in fame, and what happened to him after the war.
Mar 31, 2015 · Robert Nivelle, the man who planned the spring 1917 Nivelle Offensive, was a hero of the Battle of Verdun and a man who had acquired friends at the highest levels of French politics.
