30 August 1914
Capture of Amiens
Germany captures Amiens
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Amiens in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Germany captures Amiens
The German 8th Army heads towards Amiens
The German push for Amiens is halted
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
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
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
German Second Army absorbs the main shock of the Allied surprise offensive.
Commands German Second Army facing the Allied assault east of Amiens.
The British counter-attack of 8 August at the Battle of Amiens is spectacularly successful, and amounts to what Ludendorff termed "the black day of the German Army"
The British counter-attack of 8 August at the Battle of Amiens is spectacularly successful, and amounts to what Ludendorff termed "the black day of the German Army"
Provenance
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