Erich Ludendorff8 August 1918
Recognises the scale of the defeat as German morale and defensive cohesion weaken.
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Recognises the scale of the defeat as German morale and defensive cohesion weaken.
Commands German Second Army facing the Allied assault east of Amiens.
The Second Armys failure to secure the fall of Amiens (in particular the critically important railway junction) in the centre of the German line compromised the whole of Ludendorffs planned advance
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