Historical place archive

Soissons in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Soissons in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records2 event labels1 people1918–1918

Historical events in Soissons

1918

2 August 1918
Capture of Soissons
Erich von Ludendorf · 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

2 August 1918
Marne Offensive
Erich von Ludendorf · World War, 1st

As a result of the defeat of this German offensive the proposed German offensive in Flanders was called off.

2 August 1918
Marne Offensive
Erich von Ludendorf · 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.

2 August 1918
Marne Offensive
Erich von Ludendorf · World War, 1st

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.

2 August 1918
Marne Offensive
Erich von Ludendorf · World War, 1st

This record states: was to come over the following months to 11th November 1918.

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