Denis Auguste Duchene (1862-1950) was a French World War I general. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He was born on 23 September 1862 at Juzennecourt, Haute-Marne and died on 9 June 1950 at Bihorel, Seine-Inférieure. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Juzennecourt is a Village and commune in the Haute-Marne département of north-eastern France. Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Bihorel is a town and commune in the Seine-Maritime département, in France. Seine-Maritime is a French department in Normandy. Before 1955 it was known as Seine-Inférieure. He was promoted brigadier-general on 27 October 1914, then acting major-general on 12 March 1915 with the rank confirmed on 28 September 1916. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
Duchêne is best known for his command of the French Sixth Army from December 1917 to June 1918. The Sixth Army (VIe Armée was a Field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II. During the Third Battle of the Aisne (the Blücher-Yorck phase of the Spring Offensive), Duchêne's group held the high ground of the Chemin des Dames. This article is about the 1918 battle For other battles of the Aisne see Battle of the Aisne. The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht ( Kaiser's Battle) and also known as the Ludendorff Offensive was a series of German attacks along the In France the Chemin des Dames, literally the "Ladies' Way" is part of the D18 and runs east and west in the département of Aisne, between in the west the [1] However, he was openly contemptuous of General Philippe Petain's order to maintain a defence in depth, preferring instead to consolidate his troops in the front line. Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain) Defence in depth is a Military strategy sometimes referred to as elastic defence or deep defence. [1] When the Germans attacked in late May 1918, his line broke and crossed the river Aisne. Aisne (ɛn is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. [1] The German armies poured through, taking 19 kilometres in three days, and putting Paris within their reach. [1]
Duchêne was relieved of his command French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau on 9 June, 1918. Georges Benjamin Clemenceau ( Mouilleron-en-Pareds ( Vendée) 28 September 1841 24 November 1929 was a French statesman physician and Journalist Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits [1] He remained in the army however and was made a Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur on 16 June 1920. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. He retired in 1924 as head of the III Corps. The III Corps (3e Corps d'Armée was military unit in the French Army that fought during World War I and World War II, and was active after World
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