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Hundred Days Counteroffensive Opened

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

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1918

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st8 August 1918

Western Front · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig's armies join the Allied counteroffensive that begins the decisive Hundred Days campaign.

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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