Hundred Days Offensive

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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 Offensive
surface form: Hundred Days Campaign
belligerent Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: 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 (1918)
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
partOf Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War I
precededBy German Spring Offensive (1918)
surface form: 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

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Canadian Expeditionary Force engagement Hundred Days Offensive
French First Army engagement Hundred Days Offensive
Armistice of 11 November 1918 cause Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
Ferdinand Foch participatedIn Hundred Days Offensive
Western Front notableBattle Hundred Days Offensive
subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)
Alexander Patch participantIn Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Meuse-Argonne Offensive
CEF notableEngagement Hundred Days Offensive
subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force
1st Canadian Division notableEngagement Hundred Days Offensive
Canadian Machine Gun Corps engagement Hundred Days Offensive
Arthur Currie battle Hundred Days Offensive
2nd Canadian Division engagement Hundred Days Offensive
Canadian Corps notableBattle Hundred Days Offensive
3rd Canadian Division notableEngagement Hundred Days Offensive
Canadian Railway Troops notableEngagement Hundred Days Offensive
4th Canadian Division participatedIn Hundred Days Offensive
Hundred Days Offensive alsoKnownAs Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Hundred Days Campaign
Second Battle of the Marne followedBy Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Soissons followedBy Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Sir John Monash notableBattle Hundred Days Offensive
Henry Rawlinson notableBattle Hundred Days Offensive
European theatre of World War I hasPart Hundred Days Offensive
German Spring Offensive (1918) followedBy Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
Royal Naval Division notableEngagement Hundred Days Offensive
Hindenburg Line usedDuring Hundred Days Offensive
Amiens 1918 hasPartOf Hundred Days Offensive
subject surface form: Battle of Amiens (1918)
Canadian Cavalry Brigade notableEngagement Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Amiens (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
CMGC engagement Hundred Days Offensive
Pursuit to Mons (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Pursuit to Mons (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied offensives of 1918
Pursuit to Mons partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Pursuit to Mons follows Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied breakthrough operations of 1918
Third Army (United Kingdom) engagement Hundred Days Offensive
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) campaign Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Hundred Days Campaign
Battle of Saint-Mihiel campaign Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
Meuse–Argonne Offensive partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Campaigns of World War I hasPart Hundred Days Offensive
No. 2 Squadron AFC notableOperation Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
British XII Corps engagement Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Arras (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Arras (1918) campaign Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Hundred Days campaign
Charles Mangin participatedIn Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of the Hindenburg Line partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of the Hindenburg Line campaign Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Final Allied offensives of World War I