Erich Ludendorff9 April 1918
Ludendorff opens the Lys offensive near Ypres.
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Ludendorff opens the Lys offensive near Ypres.
With the Spring Offensive Ludendorff expects to breakthrough on the Western Front but this ends in failure & Ludendorff realises that Germany will lose the war
Assigned to the staff of the Guard Ersatz Division, which fought in the German Spring Offensive of that year
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