Erich von Ludendorf15 July 1918
This record states: It was intended as a diversionary attack either side of Reims to cross the river Marne and draw the Allied reserves away from Flanders.
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This record states: It was intended as a diversionary attack either side of Reims to cross the river Marne and draw the Allied reserves away from Flanders.
This record states: The German attack east of Reims was blocked by the French defence on the first day.
This record states: The Marne Offensive (15th July - 5th August 1918) became the last German offensive of the war.
This record states: The attack west of Reims did succeed in crossing the Marne river.
This record states: Where Ludendorff was planning to make another offensive to break through the Allied line once and for all.
On 18th July an Allied counter-attack, comprising French, British, American and Italian troops, pushed the German forces back
As a result of the defeat of this German offensive the proposed German offensive in Flanders was called off.
Soissons is re-captured on 2nd August and the Germans withdrew to entrenched positions on a line along the Vesle and Aisne rivers.
This record states: This retreat and defeat, the last in a series of offensives which each ended in an unsuccessful strategic conclusion, marked the beginning of the gradual retreat of the German forces which.
This record states: was to come over the following months to 11th November 1918.
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