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Amiens Offensive

France · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1918Date range
2Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1918

Ferdinand Foch24 July 1918

Bombon · Warfare / World War, 1st

Approves coordinated Allied operations that lead into the Amiens attack.

Marie-Eugene Debeney8 August 1918

Amiens · Warfare / World War, 1st

Commands French First Army on Haig's southern flank during the Amiens attack.

Marie-Eugene Debeney8 August 1918

Amiens · Warfare / World War, 1st

French First Army attacks on the right of the British Fourth Army.

Marie-Eugene Debeney10 August 1918

Montdidier · Warfare / World War, 1st

French First Army captures Montdidier, helping restore Allied control around the Paris-Amiens railway area.

Names involved

Ferdinand FochMarie-Eugene Debeney

Provenance

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