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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 373,638 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Robert Nivelle is the 295th most popular military personnel (down from 272nd in 2019), the 838th 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

Among military personnels, Robert Nivelle ranks 295 out of 1,468. Before him are Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Jozef Gabčík, Meng Tian, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Wilhelm Bittrich. After him are Tomoyuki Yamashita, Qasem Soleimani, François Christophe de Kellermann, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Götz von Berlichingen, and Toyotomi Hideyori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Robert Nivelle ranks 20. Before him are Tongzhi Emperor, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ivan Franko, Svetozar Boroević, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia. After him are John Singer Sargent, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Andrey Markov, L. Frank Baum, and Frank B. Kellogg. Among people deceased in 1924, Robert Nivelle ranks 15. Before him are Gabriel Fauré, Carl Spitteler, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Frances Hodgson Burnett, George Mallory, and Ferruccio Busoni. After him are Ferdinand Cheval, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, G. Stanley Hall, Giacomo Matteotti, Léon Bakst, and Eleonora Duse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Nivelle ranks 838 out of 6,011. Before him are Simon Vouet (1590), Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), David Guetta (1967), Edme Mariotte (1620), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), and Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669). After him are Georges Dumézil (1898), Guntram (532), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jean Todt (1946), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), and Sebastian Brant (1458).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Robert Nivelle ranks 31. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Oenomaus (-105), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), and Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763). After him are François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), and Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40).

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