German Spring Offensive (1918)

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Western Front operation World War I campaign military offensive

The German Spring Offensive of 1918 was a major series of German attacks on the Western Front during World War I, launched in a final attempt to break Allied lines before American forces could fully deploy.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
German Spring Offensive 15
German Spring Offensive of 1918 6
German spring offensive 4

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Front operation ⓘ
World War I campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: German Spring Offensive

Kaiserschlacht ⓘ
German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Ludendorff Offensive
cause need to win before American manpower arrived in full strength ⓘ
transfer of German divisions from Eastern Front after Russian withdrawal ⓘ
commander German Crown Prince Wilhelm ⓘ
surface form: Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia

Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Rupprecht of Bavaria
componentOperation Operation Blücher–Yorck ⓘ
Operation Georgette ⓘ
Operation Blücher–Yorck ⓘ
surface form: Operation Gneisenau

Operation Marne-Rheims ⓘ
Operation Michael ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
effect heavy German casualties ⓘ
overextension of German supply lines ⓘ
weakening of German ability to resist later Allied offensives ⓘ
endDate 1918-07-18 ⓘ
followedBy Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Allied Hundred Days Offensive
location Flanders ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
militaryTactic short intense artillery bombardments ⓘ
stormtroop infiltration tactics ⓘ
use of poison gas shells ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) ⓘ
Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux ⓘ
Second Battle of the Marne ⓘ
Third Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
surface form: Third Battle of the Aisne (1918)
opponent Belgium ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Dominion forces ⓘ
France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf final phase of World War I on the Western Front ⓘ
precededBy trench stalemate on the Western Front ⓘ
result exhaustion of German reserves ⓘ
failure to achieve decisive breakthrough ⓘ
strategic Allied victory ⓘ
tactical German gains ⓘ
startDate 1918-03-21 ⓘ
strategicObjective defeat the Allied armies on the Western Front before full American deployment ⓘ
force a decisive victory for the German Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 1918 ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French First Army → engagement → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → influenced → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive of 1918
Western Front → notableBattle → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)
this entity surface form: Spring Offensive (1918)
Imperial German Army → notableBattle → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring Offensive of 1918
Battle of Passchendaele → followedBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive (1918)
Hundred Days Offensive → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Erich Ludendorff → conflict → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Erich Ludendorff → notableWork → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ludendorff Offensive
Second Battle of the Marne → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive
Battle of Belleau Wood → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive of 1918
Battle of Soissons → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive of 1918
European theatre of World War I → hasPart → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring Offensive of 1918
German Supreme Command → directedOperation → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring Offensive of 1918
German Spring Offensive (1918) → alsoKnownAs → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ludendorff Offensive
German Spring Offensive (1918) → alsoKnownAs → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Cambrai 1917 → followedBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies → createdAsResponseTo → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive of 1918
Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front → oversawBattle → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
German Second Army → participatedIn → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive
Battle of Cambrai → followedBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive
Amiens 1918 → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Amiens (1918)
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive of 1918
Battle of Amiens (1918) → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Third Army (United Kingdom) → engagement → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Campaigns of World War I → hasPart → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring Offensive of 1918
No. 2 Squadron AFC → notableOperation → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive 1918
27th Infantry Division (German Empire) → notableEngagement → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring Offensive (1918)
British XII Corps → engagement → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Third Battle of the Aisne → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive
Third Battle of the Aisne → campaign → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive of 1918
Battle of Soissons (1918) → strategicContext → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Battle of Soissons (1918) → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Aisne-Marne offensive
Battle of Hamel → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Battle of Cantigny → precededBy → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive of 1918
Aisne-Marne → associatedWith → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive of 1918
Kaiserschlacht → alsoKnownAs → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Kaiserschlacht → alsoKnownAs → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ludendorff Offensive
Operation Georgette → alsoKnownAs → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive in Flanders
Operation Georgette → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Operation Blücher–Yorck → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive of 1918
Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German spring offensive of 1918
Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918) → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring Offensive
First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux → timePeriod → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive
Battle of the Lys (1918) → partOf → German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Spring Offensive