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The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War.Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Western Front, the Allies pushed the Imperial German Army back, undoing its gains from the German spring offensive (21 March – 18 July).
The German General Erich Ludendorff described the first day of Amiens as the "Schwarzer Tag des deutschen Heeres" (the "black day of the German Army"), not because of the ground lost to the advancing Allies, but because the morale of the German troops had sunk to the point where large numbers of troops began to capitulate. [7]
Meuse–Argonne offensive; Part of the Western Front and Hundred Days Offensive of World War I: An American gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division, firing a 37mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions.
Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea and surrender intact of all German submarines within 14 days. [32] Listed German surface vessels to be interned within 7 days and the rest disarmed. [32] Free access to German waters for Allied ships and for those of the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. [32] The naval blockade of Germany to ...
Operation Loge 1940 - German 65-day air offensive against London, England Operation Luchs 1940 - German planned breakthrough between Breisach and Strasbourg , France; part of Fall Grün Operation Lucie 1940 - German planned invasion of the Dutch island of Texel in the North Sea
Initially penned for seizure by German forces in September 1914, the fortress was again attacked in February and March 1915. In early July 1915, under the command of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, a third attempt to capture the fortress was undertaken as part of a wider German offensive. [1]
After only 100 days in office, however, he became the first chancellor to be ousted by the Reichstag. [7] After years of fighting and having incurred millions of casualties, Britain and France were wary about an invasion of Germany with its unknown consequences.
The German Offensive of 1918 (2001) Marix Evans, Martin (2002) 1918: The Year of Victories, Arcturus Military History Series, London: Arcturus, ISBN 0-572-02838-5; Middlebrook, Martin. The Kaiser's Battle: 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive. Penguin. 1983. ISBN 0-14-017135-5; Zabecki, David T. (2006) The German 1918 ...