# Second Battle of Champagne (1915)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1915-second-battle-of-champagne
Location: Champagne
Categories: battle

Large French offensives failed to break entrenched German defenses. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Raymond Poincaré (President of the French Republic). Second Battle of Champagne mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Second Battle of Champagne mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed.

Ruler at the time: [Raymond Poincaré](https://history-france.com/rulers/raymond-poincare)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Second Battle of Champagne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Second+Battle+of+Champagne&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Second Battle of Champagne](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Second+Battle+of+Champagne)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)