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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...
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    Allies pushed the Imperial German Army back, undoing its gains from the German spring offensive (21 March – 18 July). The Germans retreated to the Hindenburg...
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  • Spring offensive may refer to: German spring offensive, Ludendorff's 1918 offensive of World War I Spring offensive of the White Army, a 1919 offensive...
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  • Battle of Arras in 1917, but was virtually destroyed during the German spring offensive of 1918. It was reconstituted with different units in time to take...
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  • German success, the manpower required by the Germans to occupy the captured territory may have contributed to the failure of their Spring Offensive,...
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    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...
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    expected German offensive in the spring. Weathers was promoted to lance corporal on 21 March 1918, and a week later his battalion helped blunt the German spring...
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  • he was awarded the VC for his actions in March 1918, during the German spring offensive of the First World War. He was killed in action five months later...
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    3rd and 4th Divisions, returned to action in late March as the German spring offensive, launched on 21 March, began to threaten the vital rail hub of...
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    Hindenburg Line and at Bourlon Wood. It then fought through the German spring offensive and the Battle of the Lys. Reduced to a training cadre following...
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    for his actions over the period 11 to 13 April 1918, during the German spring offensive. Thomas Tannatt Pryce was born at The Hague, the youngest child...
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    moved to hold the gap between British and French forces during the German March Offensive (which began on 21 March). The remnants of the British Fifth Army...
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    Allied Commander in late March 1918 in the face of the all-out German spring offensive. He successfully coordinated the French, British and American efforts...
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    German Army for its military successes. On the other hand, the German Army did not suffer much from the operation and retained most of its offensive power...
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    Following the defeat of the German Spring Offensive, a brief lull followed while the Allies prepared to launch their own offensive, which ultimately would...
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    the offensive was to follow the meeting of the British and French armies, having broken through the German lines, to pursue the defeated German armies...
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    back on the line that they would hold for the coming winter. The German spring offensive opened on 21 March while the division was in the Bullecourt sector...
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    Hubert Gough. The British front was at its lengthiest when the German spring offensive opened with a devastating bombardment early on 21 March 1918, after...
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    Western Front (World War I) (category German Empire in World War I)
    armies in the west led to the return of mobility in 1918. The German spring offensive of 1918 was made possible by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk that ended...
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  • fell to German counterattacks (with a total of 84 casualties). The 5th Brigade returned to the Australian Corps on 19 April. As the Spring Offensive ground...
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    Battle of Armentières (category Articles containing German-language text)
    managed to retain Armentières. The offensive of the German 4th Army at Ypres and the Yser was made the principal German effort and the attacks of the 6th...
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    Operation Spring Awakening (German: Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen) was the last major German offensive of World War II. The operation was referred to in...
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    Corps. In March 1918 the Germans launched their Spring Offensive near Saint-Quentin and as the Allied line collapsed, the German forces advanced swiftly...
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    Georges Clemenceau (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    succeed only in a utopian society. On 21 March 1918, the Germans began their great spring offensive. The allies were caught off guard and a gap was created...
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    Second Battle of the Somme (category Battles of World War I involving Germany)
    It was part of a series of successful counter-offensives in response to the German Spring Offensive, after a pause for redeployment and supply. The...
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    promoted to temporary sergeant in November. In March 1918, the German spring offensive was launched, and Jensen fought with his battalion at Dernancourt...
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    Third Battle of the Aisne (category Wilhelm, German Crown Prince)
    of the Aisne (French: 3e Bataille de l'Aisne) was part of the German spring offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames...
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    following month, he was promoted to lance corporal. During the German spring offensive, from March to April 1918, 16th Battalion was heavily engaged in...
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    the defence against the German spring offensive in early 1918, and finally in the victorious battles of the Hundred Days Offensive. On 6 August 1914, less...
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    during the German spring offensive. On 27 May 1918, during the Third Battle of the Aisne, Haig's headquarters was attacked and overrun by a German attack...
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