First Battle of Champagne

The First Battle of Champagne was fought from 20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915 in World War I in the Champagne region of France and was the second offensive by the Allies against the German Empire since mobile warfare had ended after the First Battle of Ypres in Flanders (19 October – 22 November 1914). The battle was fought by the French Fourth Army and the German 3rd Army. The offensive was part of a French strategy to attack the Noyon Salient, a large bulge in the new Western Front, which ran from Switzerland to the North Sea. The First Battle of Artois began on the northern flank of the salient on 17 December and the offensive against the southern flank in Champagne began three days later.

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1914 — 1915  Wikimedia, Wikidata
1st Battle of Champagne; Battle of Champagne, 1st; Battle of Champagne, First
French Third Republic, Joseph Joffre, battle, Erich von Falkenhayn, German Empire, 

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1914 — 1915 First Battle of Champagne

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Champagne 2

Soissons area, 1914-1915

Battle in Champagne WWI (51421891518)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	274	Battle of Châlons	battle, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	451	Battle of the Catalaunian Plains	Western Roman Empire, Franks, Ostrogoths, Saxons, Burgundians, Thuringii, battle, Alans, Heruli, Gepids, Ripuarian Franks, Salian Franks, Sciri, Armorica, Hunnic Empire, Olibrones, Rugii, Visigothic Kingdom of Tolosa	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1792	Battle of Valmy	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	First Battle of Champagne	German Empire, French Third Republic, Erich von Falkenhayn, battle, Joseph Joffre	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge	United States, battle	Wikidata
site	museum		Musée du terrain Vraux-Condé	military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Champagne 2		Commons
commons	image		Soissons area, 1914-1915		Commons
commons	image		Battle in Champagne WWI (51421891518)		Commons