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Hundred Days Offensive

August 8 – November 11, 1918

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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Battles 1

July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
World War I Western Front — Verdun Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Erich von Falkenhayn, John French

Key commanders

Central Powers 13

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Chief of the German General Staff, Germany (1914) Erich von Falkenhayn Chief of the German General Staff, Germany (1914–1916) Alexander von Kluck Generaloberst, Commander of the German First Army Enver Pasha Minister of War, Ottoman Empire; de facto Commander-in-Chief Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf Field Marshal, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Commander, Ottoman forces at Gallipoli Wilhelm II Emperor, Germany Paul von Hindenburg Commander, German Eighth Army Erich Ludendorff Franz Joseph I of Austria belligerent leader Charles I of Austria Mehmed V Sultan, Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI Sultan, Ottoman Empire

Allies 13

John French Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (1914–1915) Robert Nivelle General, Commander of the French Second Army; French Commander-in-Chief (1916–1917) Joseph Joffre Marshal of France, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army (1914–1916) Philippe Pétain General, Commander at Verdun; French Commander-in-Chief (1917) Emperor Taishō belligerent leader Nicholas II of Russia Emperor, Russia George V King, United Kingdom Woodrow Wilson President, United States Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Raymond Poincaré belligerent leader David Lloyd George Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig British commander