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Capture of Soissons

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

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Chronological records

1918

Erich von Ludendorf2 August 1918

Soissons · Warfare / World War, 1st

Soissons is re-captured on 2nd August and the Germans withdrew to entrenched positions on a line along the Vesle and Aisne rivers. As a result of the defeat of this German offensive the proposed German offensive in Flanders was called off

Names involved

Erich von Ludendorf

Provenance

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