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The Le Souvenir français is responsible for maintaining French war memorials and cemeteries and providing information about war dead. [8] It maintains a list of military personnel determined to have mort pour la France ("died for France"), a designation granted under the French Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre [] ("code for military disability pensions and ...
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I.They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne, the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917.
French infantry pushing through enemy barbed wire, 1915. During World War I, France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central Powers.Although fighting occurred worldwide, the bulk of the French Army's operations occurred in Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Alsace-Lorraine along what came to be known as the Western Front, which consisted mainly of trench warfare.
In the 1890s relationships remained good since Germany supported France during its difficulties with Britain over African colonies. Any lingering harmony, however, collapsed in 1905 by Germany taking an aggressively hostile position on French claims to Morocco. There was talk of war, and France strengthened its ties with Britain and Russia. [10]
During a new attack on the night of March 11–12, a panic took place in the crowded Bolivar Métro station that caused the deaths of seventy civilians. On March 21, 1918, the Germans launched a major new offensive, hoping to end the war before the bulk of American forces arrived.
In March 1915, units of the French Army holding a section of the Western Front through Champagne had seen no tangible results despite two months of fighting. After two recent unsuccessful attacks, the 21st Company of the 336th Infantry Regiment (part of the 60th Infantry Division) was ordered by Général de division Géraud Réveilhac to retake positions captured by the Germans north of the ...
Allied Troop Movements During Operation Michael; Battle of Amiens (1918) First Battle of the Jordan; Battle of the Ancre (1918) Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917; Battle of Arara; Battle of the Ardennes; Battle of Arras (1914) Battle of Arras (1915) First Battle of Artois; Second Battle of Artois; Third Battle of Artois
Fismes is a small commune in the Marne department in the Champagne-Ardennes region of northeastern France.It is crossed by the Vesle River and linked to the hamlet of Fismette by a memorial bridge that commemorates the sacrifices made by the soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division ("Keystone") [1] who fought to liberate the region during the First World War.