Hundred Days Offensive

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campaign of World War I military offensive

The Hundred Days Offensive was the final series of Allied attacks on the Western Front in 1918 that decisively broke German resistance and led to the end of World War I.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	campaign of World War I → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Hundred Days Campaign →
belligerent	Allied Powers → German Empire →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
commander	Douglas Haig → Ferdinand Foch → John J. Pershing → Philippe Pétain →
conflict	World War I →
dateOfArmisticeAssociated	1918-11-11 →
endDate	1918-11-11 →
followedBy	Armistice of 11 November 1918 →
frontLineChange	liberated large areas of occupied France and Belgium → pushed German forces back behind the Hindenburg Line →
location	Belgium → France → Western Front →
notableBattle	Battle of Albert (1918) → Battle of Amiens → Battle of Cambrai (1918) → Battle of Canal du Nord → Battle of Saint-Mihiel → Battle of the Hindenburg Line → Meuse–Argonne Offensive → Second Battle of the Somme (1918) →
objective	to break German lines on the Western Front → to force Germany to seek an armistice →
participant	Australia → Belgium → British Empire → Dominion of Canada → France → German Army → New Zealand → United States →
partOf	Western Front of World War I →
precededBy	German Spring Offensive →
result	collapse of German military position on the Western Front → decisive Allied victory → signing of the Armistice with Germany →
significance	decisively broke German resistance on the Western Front → directly led to the end of World War I →
startDate	1918-08-08 →
strategy	coordinated Allied attacks along a broad front →
usedTactics	combined arms operations →
usedTechnology	aircraft → tanks →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2nd Canadian Division → Canadian Expeditionary Force → Canadian Machine Gun Corps → French First Army →	engagement
Canadian Corps → Henry Rawlinson → Sir John Monash → Western Front (World War I) →	notableBattle
1st Canadian Division → 3rd Canadian Division → Canadian Expeditionary Force → Canadian Railway Troops →	notableEngagement
Battle of Soissons ("Allied Hundred Days Offensive") → German Spring Offensive (1918) ("Allied Hundred Days Offensive") → Second Battle of the Marne →	followedBy
4th Canadian Division → Ferdinand Foch →	participatedIn
Hundred Days Offensive ("Hundred Days Campaign") →	alsoKnownAs
Arthur Currie →	battle
Armistice of 11 November 1918 ("Allied Hundred Days Offensive") →	cause
European theatre of World War I →	hasPart
British High Command on the Western Front →	notableBattleDirected
Alexander Patch ("Meuse-Argonne Offensive") →	participantIn
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge →	partOf