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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Nivelle has received more than 403,723 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Nivelle is the 270th most popular military personnel (up from 295th in 2019), the 805th most popular biography from France (up from 836th in 2019) and the 29th 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

Among military personnels, Robert Nivelle ranks 270 out of 2,058. Before him are Nikolai Vatutin, Erwin von Witzleben, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Pedro de Alvarado, Erich Hoepner, and Orda Khan. After him are Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Pedro de Valdivia, Hasso von Manteuffel, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, and Hans-Joachim Marseille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Robert Nivelle ranks 17. Before him are Robert Peary, Emil Kraepelin, Georgi Plekhanov, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, and Ivan Franko. After him are Svetozar Boroević, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Andrey Markov, Frank B. Kellogg, and L. Frank Baum. Among people deceased in 1924, Robert Nivelle ranks 16. Before him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, George Mallory, Ferdinand Cheval, and Ferruccio Busoni. After him are Eleonora Duse, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Alexander Parvus, Giacomo Matteotti, Léon Bakst, and Princess Louise of Belgium.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Nivelle ranks 805 out of 6,770. Before him are Vincent Cassel (1966), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Bernard Gui (1261), Saint Remigius (437), and Léon Bourgeois (1851). After him are Inessa Armand (1874), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Charles Garnier (1825), and Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Robert Nivelle ranks 29. Before him are Syagrius (430), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902). After him are Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Georges Picquart (1854), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889).

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