3.2 - The Hundred Days Offensive

Question 1

What was the Hundred Days offensive?

Answer 1

• Foch oversaw the British, French and USA forces by using Unified Command Structure.
• Increased troops due to USA’s entry enabled pushes to be made at various points along the Western front.
  -> This stretched the Germans to breaking point.
• The Germans lost so much territory that they surrendered.

Question 2

What was the tactic employed by General Foch in the Hundred Days offensive?

Answer 2

Launch a series of attacks along the lines to stretch the Germans to breaking point.

Question 3

Which of these was NOT a battle in the Hundred Days Offensive?

Answer 3

Battle of Cambrai

Question 4

How many kilometres of enemy-occupied territory did the unified allied forces take on the first day?

Answer 4

11km

Question 5

How many tanks supported the allies at the Battle of Amiens, at start of the Hundred Days offensive?

Answer 5

around 600

Question 6

In the first week, the allies lost 6,500 soldiers. How many did the Germans lose?

Answer 6

30,000

Question 7

In the ‘Second Battle of the Somme’, which town did British and Australian forces capture?

Answer 7

Albert

Question 8

By September 1918, to where had the Germans been pushed back?

Answer 8

Hindenburg Line

Question 9

By when had the allies completely broken through the German defences, causing the Germans to retreat entirely?

Answer 9

October 1918