✦ History

German spring offensive

March 21 – July 18, 1918 · West Flanders

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Germany launched a series of major attacks on the Western Front to win the war before American troops arrived. The offensives gained much ground but exhausted the German army.

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Central Powers

German Empire
Paul von Hindenburg military commander Erich Ludendorff military commander Wilhelm, German Crown Prince military commander Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg military commander Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria military commander Max von Gallwitz military commander

Allies

France
United Kingdom
United States
Italy
Dominion of Newfoundland
Ferdinand Foch military commander Philippe Pétain military commander Albert I of Belgium military commander Paul Maistre military commander Émile Fayolle military commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig military commander Édouard de Castelnau military commander