Spring Offensive

When

21 Mar 1918 – 18 Jul 1918

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

50.00° N, 2.65° E

Description

1918 series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War

WWI military offensive along the Western Front

The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918. Following the American entry into the war in April 1917, the Germans decided that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies before the United States could ship soldiers across the Atlantic and fully d…

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWI: The Spring Offensive by the German Army along the Western Front fails to make a breakthrough, despite large losses on each side”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die erste deutsche Frühjahrsoffensive (Unternehmen Michael) beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “grande bataille de France”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第一次大戦: ドイツ軍が西部戦線で大攻勢を行い、パリ砲でパリへの砲撃を開始”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page