The spring offensive and the hundred days Flashcards
Ludendorff plan
-with … out of the war and … troops yet to …, in late 19…. … had the chance to make a …
-general … planned was to … several … along the … and British …
-a … hour artillery … known as the h… bombardment would be … by a ground … by specially trained …
-the plan was to … the … and force them to …, then the French would … without Britains …
-with Russia out of the war and American troops yet to arrive, in late 1917 Germany had the chance to make a breakthrough
-general Ludendorff plan was to attack several points along the French and British lines
-a 5 hour artillery bombardment known as the hurricane bombardment would be followed by a ground attack by specially trained stormtroopers
-the plan was to surround the British and force them to surrender, then the French would surrender without Britains support
The spring offensive begins
-artillery … began on the 21st … 19….
-after the bombardment … gas was …
-Then … trained … caused … in the … lines and caused … to flee or …
-by the end of the … day …k were dead, …k wounded and around …k taken hostage
-the …. had been broken
-the … continued for … as the Germans pushed …km into British …
-…k Germans were … and there were few …
-… advanced … making it … to get … to them
-by the end of … the … had slowed
-artillery bombardment began on the 21st march 1918
-after the bombardment mustard gas was released
-The highly trained stormtroopers caused chaos in the British lines and caused thousands to flee or surrender
-by the end of the 1st day 20k were dead, 35k wounded and around 21k taken hostage
-the stalemate had been broken
-the advance continued for weeks as the Germans pushed 60km into British territory
-220k Germans were killed and there were few reserves
-stormtroopers advanced rapidly making it difficult to get supplies to them
-by the end of may the advance had slowed
Allied response to the spring offensive
-the … and French troops came … under general … in a … command …
-in places … troops had advanced … into … than other places and these … were … from 3 …
-by … American soldiers were … in … numbers,
…k per …
-a … attack by the … on 15th … was a … and a … attack … them back to the river …
-the British and French troops came together under general Foch in a united command structure
-in places German troops had advanced further into territory than other places and these salients were attacked from 3 sides
-by June American soldiers were arriving in large numbers, 50k per week
-a final attack by the Germans on 15th July was a disaster and a counter attack pushed them back to the river Marne
Hundred days
-with … reinforcements … launched a series of … on the …
-the attacks began on the 8th of … at A… and advanced … into German …
-by … German forces had been … back to the 1917 … line
-the French and … launched a huge … in the …-Argonne …
-by October the allies had … through and the … army was in full …
-with American reinforcements Foch launched a series of attacks on the Germans
-the attacks began on the 8th of august at Amiens and advanced deep into German territory
-by September German forces had been pushed back to the 1917 hindenburg line
-the French and Americans launched a huge attack in the Meuse-Argonne offensive
-by October the allies had broken through and the german army was in full retreat
Summary of the spring offensive and the hundred days
-ww1 saw a number of … in … in terms of … and tactics
-the … spring … broke the … on the … front with huge gains for …
-these gains were short … and the …-attack on them … German … and forced a full …
-ww1 saw a number of advances in warfare in terms of technology and tactics
-the Ludendorff spring offensive broke the stalemate on the western front with huge gains for Germany
-these gains were short lived and the counter-attack on them broke German lines and forced a full retreat
