Battle of Champagne
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The Battle of Champagne is the name of three battle
s fought in the Champagne
region of northern France
during World War I
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Battle
Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...
s fought in the Champagne
Champagne (province)
The Champagne wine region is a historic province within the Champagne administrative province in the northeast of France. The area is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name...
region of northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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- First Battle of ChampagneFirst Battle of ChampagneThe First Battle of Champagne was fought early in World War I in the Champagne region of France, between the French and German Empire armies. It was effectively the first significant attack by the Allies against the Germans since the construction of trenches following the so-called 'Race to the...
(20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915) - Second Battle of ChampagneSecond Battle of ChampagneThe Second Battle of Champagne was a French offensive against the invading German army beginning on 25 September 1915, part of World War I.-September 25 - October 6:...
(25 September – 6 October 1915) - Third Battle of Champagne (17–20 April 1917) - the Battle of the HillsBattle of the HillsThe Battle of the Hills was an episode of the First World War which was conducted during April and July 1917, and was a diversionary battle of the Second Battle of the Aisne.The battle takes place east of Rheims, between Prunay and Aubérive, in the province of Champagne, along the solid...
(a diversionary attack for the better known Second Battle of the AisneSecond Battle of the AisneThe Second Battle of the Aisne , was the massive main assault of the French military's Nivelle Offensive or Chemin des Dames Offensive in 1917 during World War I....
). - Fourth Battle of Champagne (15 July 1918) - part of the Second Battle of the MarneSecond Battle of the MarneThe Second Battle of the Marne , or Battle of Reims was the last major German Spring Offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. The German attack failed when an Allied counterattack led by France overwhelmed the Germans, inflicting severe casualties...
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