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Robert Nivelle

1856 - 1924

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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. During these actions he and General Charles Mangin were accused of wasting French lives. He gives his name to the Nivelle Offensive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Nivelle is the 275th most popular military personnel (down from 270th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from France (down from 805th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Military Personnel.

Nivelle was a French general during World War I. He is most famous for the "Nivelle Offensive" of 1917, which was an unsuccessful attempt to break the German lines on the Western Front.

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Among military personnels, Robert Nivelle ranks 275 out of 2,058. Before him are Han Xin, Sejanus, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Lothar Rendulic, Karl Wolff, and Oskar Dirlewanger. After him are Otto Carius, Otto Günsche, Johannes Blaskowitz, J. E. B. Stuart, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, and Sun Bin.

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Among people born in 1856, Robert Nivelle ranks 17. Before him are Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Emil Kraepelin, Georgi Plekhanov, Robert Peary, Ivan Franko, and Émile Picard. After him are Henry Morgenthau Sr., Svetozar Boroević, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, L. Frank Baum, Frank B. Kellogg, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1924, Robert Nivelle ranks 17. Before him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Bogd Khan, Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Andrew Irvine. After him are Princess Louise of Belgium, Ferruccio Busoni, Ferdinand Cheval, George Mallory, Léon Bakst, and Eleonora Duse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Nivelle ranks 828 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Charles (1763), Eugène Sue (1804), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Maria Schneider (1952), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), and Marcellin Berthelot (1827). After him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Roscellinus (1050), Georges Sorel (1847), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Louise of Savoy (1476), and Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Robert Nivelle ranks 31. Before him are Maurice Gamelin (1872), Pierre Augereau (1757), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), and Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770). After him are Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), and François Christophe de Kellermann (1735).

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