Spring Offensive
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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 deploy its resources. The German Army had gained a temporary advantage in numbers as nearly 50 divisions had been freed by the Russian defeat and withdrawal from the war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
1918
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Kaiser's Battle; Kaiserschlacht; Ludendorff Offensive
United States, Philippe Pétain, Dominion of Newfoundland, British Empire, Erich Ludendorff, French Third Republic, German Empire, First Portuguese Republic, Ferdinand Foch, Alberico Albricci, John J. Pershing, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, France, Belgium, 
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1918 Spring Offensive
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The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q7904
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6795
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The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6623
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00170A, Westfront, Gefallener Franzose
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6863
The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6513
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The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6602
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| area | region | County of Amiens | Wikidata | ||
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Monchy-au-Bois | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1339 | Thiérache campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1356 | Lancaster's chevauchée of 1356 | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1358 | Battle of Amiens | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1471 | siège d’Amiens | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1536 | Siege of Péronne | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1595 | Siege of Doullens | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1597 | Siege of Amiens | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1636 | Crossing of the Somme | Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, battle, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1636 | First siege of Corbie | Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1636 | Second siege of Corbie | Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Hispanic Monarchy, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Battle of Amiens | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Battle of Hallue | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Siege of Péronne | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1871 | Battle of Bapaume (1871) | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Ovillers-la-Boisselle in World War I | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Albert | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Hébuterne | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Albert | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of the Somme | British Empire, German Empire, French Third Republic, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | First day on the Somme | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Leipzig salient | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of La Boisselle | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mametz Wood | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mametz Wood | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Bazentin Ridge | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Delville Wood | British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of Ovillers | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Pozières | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mouquet Farm | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Guillemont | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Ginchy | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Flers–Courcelette | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Canadian Expeditionary Force | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of Martinpuich | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Morval | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Thiepval Ridge | J. R. R. Tolkien, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of Combles | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Le Transloy | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of the Ancre Heights | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of Regina Trench | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of the Ancre | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Attack on Noreuil | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Spring Offensive | Alberico Albricci, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, offensive, United States, British Empire, German Empire, Dominion of Newfoundland, Erich Ludendorff, French Third Republic, John J. Pershing, First Portuguese Republic, Ferdinand Foch | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | First Battle of Dernancourt | Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Moreuil Wood | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | First Battle of Morlancourt | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of the Avre | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Dernancourt | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Morlancourt | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Third Battle of Morlancourt | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Imperial German Army, Australian Army | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Hamel | battle, United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Amiens | Canada, United States, British Empire, Australia, French Third Republic, German Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Hundred Days Offensive | British Empire, Austria–Hungary, German Empire, Erich Ludendorff, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, French Third Republic, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, offensive, Ferdinand Foch, John J. Pershing | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Albert | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Bapaume | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of the Somme | United States, British Empire, German Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin | Australia, German Empire, battle, John Monash | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of the Selle | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Arras | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Amiens | battle | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1917 | Casemate à mitrailleuse 526 | bunker | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Musée Somme 1916 of Albert | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1986 | South African Delville Wood Commemorative Museum | Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2012 | Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2018 | Sir John Monash Centre | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | tower | donjon de Bailleulmont | keep | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q7904 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6795 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6645 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6623 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00170A, Westfront, Gefallener Franzose | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6863 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6513 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6600 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6602 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 Q6608 | Commons | ||
