Timeline Wednesday 9 May 1917

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Wednesday 9 May 1917

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1917 The Nivelle Offensive Chemin des Dames, France Promised as the breakthrough that would end the war in 48 hours. It gained a few hundred yards at a cost of 187,000 French casualties.

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