{"id":73177,"date":"2022-04-23T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=73177"},"modified":"2022-04-22T20:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T00:21:30","slug":"spring-1917-why-the-allies-failed-ww1-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/04\/23\/spring-1917-why-the-allies-failed-ww1-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 1917: Why the Allies Failed (WW1 Documentary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2foTijS7NyQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 22 Apr 2022<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Curiosity Stream and get Nebula bundled in and SAVE 26%: <a href=\"https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Allied 1917 Spring Offensive masterminded by French general Robert Nivelle was supposed to end the stalemate on the Western Front and bring a decisive breakthrough. But the German Army also knew they couldn&#8217;t win the war on the offensive and thus prepared a new type of defensive system: The Hindenburg Line. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nPatreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nJohn Ozment, James Darcangelo, Jacob Carter Landt, Thomas Brendan, Kurt Gillies, Scott Deederly, John Belland, Adam Smith, Taylor Allen, Rustem Sharipov, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Marcus Bondura, Ramon Rijkhoek, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Philip Schoffman,  Avi Woolf,  <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nCook, Tim, &#8220;Storm Troops: Combat Effectiveness and the Canadian Corps in 1917&#8221; in Dennis, Jeffrey &#038; Grey, Peter (eds), <em>1917: Tactics, Training and Technology: the 2007 Chief of Army&#8217;s Military History Conference<\/em>, (Canberra: Australian History Military Publications, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Coombes, David, <em>Bloody Bullecourt<\/em>, (Barnsley: Pen &#038; Sword Military, 2016)<\/p>\n<p>Doughty, Robert T, <em>Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War<\/em>, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005)<\/p>\n<p>Doughty, Robert A, &#8220;How did France Weather the Troubles of 1917?&#8221; in Dennis, Jeffrey &#038; Grey, Peter (eds), <em>1917: Tactics, Training and Technology: the 2007 Chief of Army&#8217;s Military History Conference<\/em>, (Canberra: Australian History Military Publications, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Farr, Don, <em>A Battle Too Far: Arras 1917<\/em>, (Warwick: Helion &#038; Company, 2018)<\/p>\n<p>Foley, Robert T, &#8220;The Other Side of the Wire: The German Army in 1917&#8221; in Dennis, Jeffrey &#038; Grey, Peter (eds), <em>1917: Tactics, Training and Technology: the 2007 Chief of Army&#8217;s Military History Conference<\/em>, (Canberra: Australian History Military Publications, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Lupfer, Timothy T, &#8220;The Dynamics of Doctrine: The Changes in German Tactical Doctrine During the First World War&#8221; Leavenworth Papers, No. 4, Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, (Fort Leavenworth, KS: 1981)<\/p>\n<p>Nicholls, Jonathan, <em>Cheerful Sacrifice: The Battle of Arras 1917<\/em>, (London: Leo Cooper, 1990)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb OUR SISTER CHANNEL<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/realtimehistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb CREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller &#038; Florian Wittig<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Toni Steller<br \/>\nSound: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Jose Gamez<br \/>\nMotion Design: Philipp Appelt<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Yves Thimian<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-23-at-20-01-56-Spring-1917-Why-the-Allies-Failed-WW1-Documentary-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-23-at-20-01-56-Spring-1917-Why-the-Allies-Failed-WW1-Documentary-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-73179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-23-at-20-01-56-Spring-1917-Why-the-Allies-Failed-WW1-Documentary-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-23-at-20-01-56-Spring-1917-Why-the-Allies-Failed-WW1-Documentary-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-23-at-20-01-56-Spring-1917-Why-the-Allies-Failed-WW1-Documentary-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-23-at-20-01-56-Spring-1917-Why-the-Allies-Failed-WW1-Documentary-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great War Published 22 Apr 2022 Sign up for Curiosity Stream and get Nebula bundled in and SAVE 26%: https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar The Allied 1917 Spring Offensive masterminded by French general Robert Nivelle was supposed to end the stalemate on the Western Front and bring a decisive breakthrough. 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