The French Army Mutinies of 1917

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In late May and early June of 1917, the French Army faced what could have been an extensive crisis. After three years of some of the most brutal conflict that the world had ever seen, many soldiers had had enough. Thousands of troops refused to obey orders and refused to go along with the suicidal attacks that were the hallmark of trench warfare. In response, the French turned to one of their greatest heroes to solve the problem. Learn more about the French Army Mutinies of 1917 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ***5th Anniversary Celebration RSVP*** Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In late May and early June of 1917, the French Army faced what could have been an existential
0:05.1	crisis. After three years of some of the most brutal conflict that the world had ever seen,
0:09.8	many soldiers had had enough. Thousands of troops refused to obey orders and refused to go
0:15.0	along with the suicidal attacks that were the hallmark of trench warfare. In response,
0:19.6	the French turned to one of their greatest heroes to solve the problem.
0:23.1	Learn more about the French Army mutinies of 1917 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. My name is Kaden Sinclair.
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