Encyclopedia - The 1st Inter-Allied Conference at Chantilly, 7 July 1915
The first inter-allied military
conference of the war was convened at Chantilly shortly after
Italy
entered the conflict against the
Central Powers. Attending were
representatives from Britain (including the Commander-in-Chief
Sir John French
and the Chief of the General Staff
William Robertson),
France (Alexandre
Millerand the war minister and
Joseph Joffre the
Commander-in-Chief), Belgium, Italy, Serbia and Russia.
Joffre used the conference to advise his allies that only by concerted co-ordinated action would the most favourable conditions for an Allied victory present themselves. However no specific undertakings were agreed as a consequence of the conference.
A subsequent conference, similarly convened at Chantilly some five months later, was more specific and ambitious in the clarity of its aims and led to a commitment whereby the other Allies would launch major offensives of their own should a given Allied nation find itself in clear danger from the Central Powers.
Stormtroopers comprised specially trained German assault troops used in 1918.
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