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The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918.
Operation Michael (German: Unternehmen Michael) was a major German military offensive during World War I that began the German spring offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, France.
This is the order of battle for Operation Michael, part of the German Spring Offensive fought from 21 March to 5 April 1918 as one of the main engagements of the First World War. It was fought between mixed French, British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme region in northern France.
The German bombardment opened on the evening of 7 April, against the southern part of the Allied line between Armentières and Festubert. The barrage continued until dawn on 9 April. The Sixth Army then attacked with eight divisions. The German assault struck the Portuguese Second Division, which held a front of about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi ...
German spring offensive, Ludendorff's 1918 offensive of World War I; Spring offensive of the White Army, a 1919 offensive during the Russian Civil War; Italian spring offensive, part of the Greco-Italian War in 1941; Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, an Allied offensive in World War II; Chinese spring offensive, a Chinese offensive in 1951 during ...
The spearhead of a massive German assault of nearly 200 divisions then hit and broke the Allied line right at its weakest point. [1] The exact area of the attack was predicted in January by the Supreme War Council , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the Prime Ministers of England and France had ordered a reserve of 30 divisions to deal with it, but generals Pétain ...
The German General Staff was planning a German spring offensive to begin on 21 March 1918, and wanted to assign a fighter wing to each of the three Armees involved in the assault. [ note 1 ] An experienced flying ace with 22 victories, Oberleutnant Bruno Loerzer , was appointed to command JG III.
Associated people and organisations British Army, British Army, 31st Division; Associated places Merris, Nord, France; Associated events Battle of Hazebrouck, Battles of the Lys, Western Front, First World War, Spring Offensive, German Offensives 1918, Western Front, First World War