✦ History

Part of World War I

Hundred Days Offensive

August 8 – November 11, 1918 · Western Front

Result Allied victory

Final Allied offensive of the First World War on the Western Front, opened at Amiens, which broke the Hindenburg Line and forced Germany to seek an armistice.

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Allies

Germany

Other

United Kingdom
France
United States
Canada
Australia
Union of South Africa
New Zealand
Italy
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Belgium
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Ferdinand Foch Supreme Allied Commander Philippe Pétain military commander Paul Maistre military commander Émile Fayolle military commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig British commander Édouard de Castelnau military commander
Paul von Hindenburg military commander Erich Ludendorff military commander Wilhelm Groener military commander Wilhelm, German Crown Prince military commander Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria military commander Max von Gallwitz military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
1,070,000

United States Casualties 127,000 · Captured 44,142

German Empire Casualties 1,172,075

Austria-Hungary Casualties 17,500

Units

American Expeditionary Forces Third Army (United Kingdom) 36th Army Corps (France) IX Corps (United Kingdom) VIII Corps (United Kingdom) 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 2nd Moroccan Division 31st Division (United Kingdom) 32nd Division (United Kingdom) 35th Division (United Kingdom) 37th Division (United Kingdom) 40th Division (United Kingdom) 41st Division (United Kingdom) 50th (Northumbrian) Division 51st (Highland) Division 58th (2/1st London) Division 59th (2nd North Midland) Division 8th Infantry Division (France) Moroccan Division (France)
113th Infantry Division (German Empire) 17th Division (German Empire) 18th Division (German Empire) 19th Division (German Empire) 242nd Infantry Division (German Empire) 243rd Infantry Division (German Empire) 26th Division (German Empire) 27th Division (German Empire) 29th Division (German Empire) 35th Division (German Empire) 36th Division (German Empire) 38th Division (German Empire) 5th Division (German Empire) 6th Division (German Empire) 7th Division (German Empire) 96th Infantry Division (German Empire)
Portuguese Expeditionary Corps 42nd Division (German Empire) Royal Thai Air Force

Battles 6