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11 de jul. de 2024 · Joseph Joffre, chief of the French general staff since 1911, cut an avuncular figure with his stout physique, white hair, and moustache. Known as ‘Papa Joffre’, the 62-year-old exuded stolidity and reassurance rather than dash and dynamism.
Hace 2 días · Retired general Joseph Gallieni also warned Joffre that the German's main effort was in the northwest, not the east. Joffre fired Lanrezac and replaced him with Louis Franchet d'Espèrey . Lanrezac's defensive tactics and refusal to take the offensive against the Germans possibly resulted in the preservation of his army, which would subsequently play an important role in the Marne battle.
Hace 5 días · Haig rejected the plan of the French commander, Joseph-Jacques-Césaire Joffre, that he should again throw his troops frontally on the Thiepval defenses. The attack was resumed on the southern British flank alone, and on July 14 the capture of the Germans’ second line (Longueval, Bazentin-le-Petit, and Ovillers) offered a chance for ...
17 de jul. de 2024 · General Joseph Joffre was not a fan of Pétain's more defensive leniency, and soon decided enough was enough. He knew he couldn't outright dismiss him, as Pétain had become a national hero after his heroic defense of Verdun.
17 de jul. de 2024 · After the costly fighting at Verdun and on the Somme in 1916, General Robert Nivelle replaced Marshal Joseph Joffre as the commander of the French armies on the Western Front in December. Nivelle claimed that a massive barrage on German lines would bring France victory in 48 hours.
Hace 2 días · In November, Haig, the French commander-in-chief Joseph Joffre and the other Allies met at Chantilly. The commanders agreed on a strategy of simultaneous attacks, to overwhelm the Central Powers on the Western, Eastern and Italian fronts, by the first fortnight of February 1917.
18 de jul. de 2024 · The Allies attempted to break through enemy lines with further offensives in 1915. General Joseph Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front, together with the British, planned to launch simultaneous offensives at Artois and Champagne.
