Lecture: Nivelle and the French Mutinies

6:30pm drinks reception, 7:00pm lecture commences

£9 non-members | £7 Friends | Reservation Recommended

By Professor Peter Jackson

April to June 1917 marked a low point in the war for France. The French government, led by Alexandre Ribot, faced the fall-out from the disastrous Chemin des Dames offensive of Robert Nivelle; widespread strikes on the home front; mutiny to the rear of the front line and the potential collapse of their chief pre-war ally, Imperial Russia which descended into revolution in February

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