Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918)

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) was a major World War I clash on the Western Front in which German forces launched a powerful assault against Allied lines as part of their final large-scale offensive.

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Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) canonical 1
Battle of St Quentin (1918) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of St Quentin (1918)

First Battle of the Somme (1918) ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
belligerentSide Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allies of World War I

Central Powers ⓘ
campaign German 1918 Western Front campaign ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douglas Haig ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
General Hubert Gough ⓘ
conflictIn World War I ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date 21 March 1918 ⓘ
endDate 23 March 1918 ⓘ
followedBy Second Battle of Bapaume (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Bapaume (1918)

continued German Spring Offensive ⓘ
front Somme region ⓘ
surface form: Somme sector
involvedForceType aircraft ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
involvedUnit British Fifth Army ⓘ
German 17th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
German 2nd Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Western Front ⓘ
near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France ⓘ
objective break through British Fifth Army lines ⓘ
separate British and French forces ⓘ
partOf German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: German spring offensive of 1918

Kaiserschlacht ⓘ
Operation Michael ⓘ
German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Spring Offensive
precededBy relative stalemate on the Western Front ⓘ
result Allied strategic recovery ⓘ
German advance without decisive breakthrough ⓘ
German tactical victory ⓘ
significance forced large Allied withdrawal ⓘ
marked opening phase of German 1918 offensive ⓘ
threatened to split British and French armies ⓘ
startDate 21 March 1918 ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
usedTactic short intense artillery bombardment ⓘ
stormtrooper infiltration tactics ⓘ
usedWeapon poison gas ⓘ

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German Spring Offensive (1918) → notableBattle → Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of St Quentin (1918)