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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Battle of Canal du Nord partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Canal du Nord partOf Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Albert (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Albert (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days campaign
Battle of Albert (1918) campaign Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Final Allied offensives of World War I
Battle of Cambrai (1918) partOf Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Cambrai (1918) campaign Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days campaign
Australian Corps engagement Hundred Days Offensive
Fourth Army notableBattle Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Hamel followedBy Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
1st Australian Division notableEngagement Hundred Days Offensive
Lorraine 1918 relatedEvent Hundred Days Offensive
Lorraine 1918 partOf Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied offensives of 1918 on the Western Front
Aisne-Marne associatedWith Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied counteroffensive of July 1918
Kaiserschlacht followedBy Hundred Days Offensive
this entity surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive