His project had been made possible by the opening of most of the relevant military archives 50 years after the events, a delay that was in conformity with french war ministry procedure. Rafuse will discuss how in late may 1917, open mutiny swept through much of the french army. Underwater warfare was threatening the supply of raw. This dataset contains around 6,000 records of those british army men who were charged with an offence of mutiny. Mutinies remembrance trails of the great war in northern france. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly second battle.
Mai 1917 les mutineries commencent des avril 1917 avec loffensive lance par le general nivelle au chemin des dames. By september and october morale was very low, particularly on the ypres sector, with cases of desertion reaching a peak not surpassed until the following august. Remobilisation smith vs clayton resistance republicanismdirect democracy extreme fatigue lack of comfort russia 1917 obedience to military authority made the citizensoldier as free. With jean murat, winna winifried, andre berley, maurice lagrenee. Les mutineries touchent 68 divisions sur les 110 qui composent larmee francaise. Son ordre excitait seul cette mutinerie, corneille, heracl. Media in category french army mutinies 1917 this category contains only the following file. Written about a base training camp at etaples and the scene of a major mutiny in 1917. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Voir l interview video dandre loez, enseignant et chercheur, sur le site pour. Dec 23, 2014 the first world war was a bloody stalemate. After the failure of nivelles offensive on chemindesdames ridge in april 1917, the allies found themselves in an uncomfortable situation.
This dataset contains around 6,000 records of those british army men who were charged with an offence of. The etaples mutiny, 1917 dave lamb a short history of one of the early big mutinies of british troops in europe as world war i came to an end. Etaples, about 15 miles south of boulogne, was a notorious. Etaples, about 15 miles south of boulogne, was a notorious british army base camp for those on their way to the front. Remobilizing the citizensoldier through the french. What can the mutinies of 1917 tell us about when and in what circumstances men stopped fighting.
The 1917 french army mutinies took place amongst french army troops on the western front in northern france during world war i. Vingtsix soldats francais ont ete fusilles en 1917 pour avoir participe a des mutineries. Memoires des mutins sur le chemin des dames youtube. According to certain historians allison and fairley, the monocled mutineer, 1978. French mutinies of 1917 page 12 axis history forum. The entente nations, france and england, sent wave after wave of troops charging across no mans land against the entrenched german. French intelligence reported mutinies on the western front between may and august 1917, a phenomenon which may explain why ludendorff did not exploit the disturbances in the french army. The french army mutinies of 1917 in this 11th lecture in the series dr.
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