The Great War: Week by Week 100 Years Later S04E16 - Week 143: The Nivelle Offensive - Carnage at the Chemin Des Dames

French Commander Robert Nivelle was sure that his offensive would bring the final victory against Germany. He scaled up his successful plan from Verdun which had worked so well and even when other generals questioned the very idea of the offensive, he would refuse to alter it or call it off. The Germans knew that the French were coming and were well prepared. And so the disaster at the Chemin Des Dames unfolded.