The Battle of Amiens was a major victory for the Allies and was a key battle in ending World War 1. Amiens was a city in France and was a large and very important.a major rail hub used to receive supplies for the front line and from where those supplies were moved out to where they were needed. .Amiens was briefly controlled by the Germans in august of 1914 but would later be recaptured in september of that year by French armies in the battle known as “Race to the Sea”. Amiens was the first battle to utilize infantry artillery and aerial combat tactics. The Battle of Amiens was one of the most important battles in the war and decided the outcome in favor of the Allies kickstarting the 100 days advance.
The Cause of the Battle of Amiens was
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caused by German leaders wanting to put a hole in the Western front after being strengthened by the troops coming from the eastern front after Russian withdrawal from the war. Russia’s withdrawal was caused by communist rebellions and eventually victory taking control of Russian government. Russia was now controlled by communist leader Vladimir Lenin. Russia signalled her withdrawal from World War One after the October Revolution of 1917 also known as the Bolshevik revolution. The October Revolution of 1917 also known as the Bolshevik revolution was the final phase in the Bolsheviks seizing of power over Russia.The country Was pitted against each other turning Russia into the grounds of a bloody civil war between the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Guard . German militarial leader Erich Ludendorff took advantage of the torn apart state of the Russians and pulled troops from the east to the west because, he believed that the experienced and war hardened troops of the eastern front would breeze through the western front, Ludendorff called this idea of punching a hole in the western front “Emperor's Battle”.The German attack would begin at 4:40 am on March 21st, 1918. After a barrage of artillery lasting 5 hours. German troops began to advance on British lines while they were still recovering from the gas and artillery strikes. Although the bombardment of artillery lasted 5 hours it was the greatest concentration of fire in World War 1 with 6,500 guns and 3,500 trench mortars were firing on a 46 mile front. German Storm Troopers advanced at 9:40 am with maps of British defenses sewn onto their sleeves and attacking only weak point in defenses. By 12:00 over ⅓ of british troops defending amiens were lost, German advance continued with little resistance until April 5th when the allies were finally able to stop the advance after the Germans had taken 28 miles of land. Despite the large amount of progress made it was the undoing of the Germans stretching supply lines too far caused starvation among German ranks. Allied preparation was well beyond that of the Germans with the Allies being prepared for the war to extend in 1919.
Allies took time in their regrouping after the advance of the Germans. Reinforcements were able to maintain their position until the summer of 1918 in which the United States Marine Corps had arrived on the scene. With American troops now on the scene the Allies began to advance to Belleau Wood where Germans had dug in. On June 6th,1918 The attack on Belleau Wood began. German defenses in Belleau Wood were well set up forcing the Allies to fight uphill literally and threw a narrow area full of tightly packed trees infested with German machine guns who laid a barrage of fire on Allied forces. After 6 attempts the Marines successfully recaptured Belleau Wood. Although it was a great movement forward for Allies it was at a high cost with over 10,000 dead and many more injured the casualties were very high but having Belleau Wood prevented Germans from having a large foothold in which they could plan attacks on …show more content…
France. With Germans expelled from Belleau Wood Germans lost all real foothold in France , Allied forces were able to focus on repelling Ludendorff's advance on France. In July of 1918 350,000 Allied troops charged at German troops on a 17 mile front on the eastern side of Amiens led by Sir Henry Rawlinson. Rawlinsons loss at the Battle of Somme proved to be an educational loss as he learned the importance of tanks. Rawlinson ordered for the largest gathering of tanks in World War one history as he had selected the perfect place for the fight a large open dry field perfect for the tanks. Rawlinson also coordinated an attack with the Royal Air Force to help with the advance of the artillery and tanks. At 4:20 am on August 8th Canadian, Australian,and British troops began to advance behind 700 artillery guns allowed them to advance the front at 100 meters every 3 minutes. The Australian and Canadian troops advanced five miles by 12:00. British troops in the northern region where tanks were harder to operate, moved at a slower pace but still made progress. The attack was successful, Rawlinson ordered 20,000 troops to advance. The troops suffered conditions of trench warfare but in this attack the Allies took a lot land, although they suffered heavy casualties. The key to Allied success was sheer numbers against the smaller German forces. The rapid advance was slowed by August 12th but catastrophic damage was already done so much so that ludendorff told Willhelm the 2nd the war was lost. The damage done at Amiens was significant, the advances at Amiens were the largest amount of land lost on the Western Front for the Germans. Over 400 guns were captured at Amiens and significant casualties occurred with 27,000 casualties occurring. 12,000 of those casualties were prisoners and 6,500 were Canadian and Australian soldiers. The victory at Amiens was the start of what is now known as the 100 day offensive.
The Hundred Days Offensive, also known as the Advance to Victory, was a series of battles that took place at the end of World War I. These battles took place on the Western Front from August to November of 1918, and ultimately resulted in the Armistice of November 11 1918.Key battles during the 100 days offensive consisted of the Second Battle of Ypres, Battle of Somme, Battle of Cambrai, Battle of Verdun, The Battle of Jutland, Battle of Lys, Battle of Ecaust, Battle of Selle .The armistice stated Germans must Immediately clear Belgium, France,and Alsace-Lorraine. Any troops remaining in these areas to be interned or taken as prisoners of war. Surrender 5,000 cannons, 30,000 machine guns, 3,000 trench mortars,and 2,000 planes. Evacuation of the left bank of the Rhine, Mayence, Coblenz, Cologne, occupied by the enemy to an area of about 30 kilometers deep. On the right bank of the Rhine a neutral zone from 30 to 40 kilometers deep must be established, evacuation within 11 days. Nothing to be removed from the territory on the left bank of the Rhine, all factories, railroads, etc. to be left intact. Surrender of 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 railway coaches, 10,000 trucks. In the East all troops to withdraw behind the boundaries of August 1, 1914,.Renunciation of the Treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest. Unconditional surrender of East Africa. Return of the property of the Belgian Bank,
Russian and Rumanian gold. Return of prisoners of war without benefits.The Surrender of 16 U-boats, 8 light cruisers, and 6 Dreadnoughts. The rest of the fleet must be disarmed and controlled by the Allies in neutral or Allied harbors. Assurance of free trade through the Cattegat Sound, clearance of minefields and occupation of all forts and batteries, through which transit could be hindered. All German ships to be captured. . All limitations by Germany on neutral shipping to be removed. The Battle of Amiens Was arguably the most key battle in all the war starting the final advance to victory and crippling the Germans. The Battle of Amiens used new tactics to win the war and set many historical records with their rapid advances on the western front. The Battle of Amiens was. The battle that ultimately ended the war.
The Canadians advanced behind a creeping barrage, which is a precise line of intense artillery fire advancing at a set rate, timed to the minute. This allowed other soldiers to capture German positions in the moments after the explosions, before the enemy soldiers emerged from their underground bunkers. By the afternoon, Canadian forces had taken all of their objectives, except for one where troops were facing the worst terrain and toughest enemy defences. It took three more days of fighting before the Canadians were finally able to gain control of this last part of the front. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was over, and the Germans were forced to withdraw three kilometres.
During the fall of 1944, the “Atlantic Wall” had diminished after the invasion of Normandy and the American and allied forces were making their way towards Germany. One of the offensives directed to counteract this; Adolf Hitler focused in on and was attacking the inadequately defended Ardennes front. Had this plan succeeded, through the capture of Antwerp, the Germans would have divided the American and British forces in the area, depriving the American Soldiers and allies of a seaport for resupply.
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By October 1914, the Allies had reached Nieuport on the North Sea. coast. The sands of the sea. The Germans, as a prelude to General Erich von Falkenhayn's Flanders Offensive, captured Antwerp and forced its Belgian defenders. back to Nieuport, near Ypres.
(1). The Battle of Arracourt took place in Arracourt, Lorraine Province, France. The Province of Lorraine was along the shortest route from Normandy to Germany through France. Arracourt was a small town located on the Mosselle River on the French and German border. The principle adversaries in the Battle of Arracourt were General George S. Patton’s 3rd U.S. Army led by the 4th Armored Division. The 3rd Army had more than 160,000 Soldier, 1,500 Artillery pieces, and 930 Sherman...
World War I, also known as the Great War, lasted from the summer of 1914 until the late fall of 1918. The war was fought between the Allies, which consisted mainly of the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire, and the Central Powers, which consisted mainly of the German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria (Alliances - Entente and Central Powers). In total, it is estimated that twelve million civilians and nine million combatants died during this horrific and devastating war (DeGroot 1). When the war first began in 1914, many people thought that it would be a war of movement that would quickly be over. However, that changed when the Germans, who were trying to reach and capture the city of Paris in France, were forced to retreat during the Battle of the Marne in September 1914 (Ellis 10). German General von Falkenhayn, who felt that his troops must at all cost hold onto the parts of France and Belgium that they had overtaken, ordered his men to dig in and form defensive trench lines (Ellis 10). The Allies could not break through the enemies lines and were forced to create trenches of their own (Ellis 10). This was only the beginning of trench warfare. A war of movement had quickly come to a standstill on the Western Front. A massive trench line, 475 miles long, quickly spread and extended from the North Sea to the Swiss Frontier (Ellis 10). With neither side budging, soldiers were forced to live in the most miserable of conditions. Simply put, life in the trenches was a living hell. A lieutenant of the 2nd Scottish rifles wrote, “No one who was not there can fully appreciate the excruciating agonies and misery through which the men had to go [through] in those da...
The task of Juno Beach was very difficult and cost many Canadian lives. The Canadians were to overwhelm the German-held beach with troops, overrun their defenses, then allow the rest of the Canadian, other allied troops and artillery safely ashore. On June 6th, 1944 Canada sent in the third Canadian division; however, the German defenses were prepared. The beach was loaded with machine gunners and other German artillery, which resulted in 50% casualties for the first wave of Canadian soldiers. Although suffering all of these casualties, Canada managed to overrun the Germans within hours, hold this important area and progress further into France. This area was very important for the allied forces because controlling the waters was essential. At this point in time, troops and artillery were sent through ships, therefore, because of the Canadians success, allied forces were then able to send more troops in safely to France and disallowed Germany from sending any troops out. This was an important time during the war too, this victory was the start of allied forces taking back German-held land and they were slowly starting to advance into Germany itself. In conclusion, this was an essential and difficult battle that Canada fought alone which lead allied forces closer to stopping
The prelude to the Battle of the Bulge began on a winter day in mid-December of 1944. Three powerful German divisions, were the last German offensives in the west at that time during World War II. They began after the Normandy invasion in June 1944. Allied had forces swept rapidly through France but became stalled along the German border earlier that year in September. On December 16, 1944 taking advantage of the weather, which kept the Allied aircraft on the ground, the Germans launched a counteroffensive through the semi-mountainous and heavily-forested Ardennes region in Germany, and advanced 31 miles into Belgium and northern Luxembourg near the Meuse River. Their goal was to trap four allied armies, divide the Americans and the British to force negotiated peace along the western front, and retake the vital seaport of Antwerp in Belgium. Thinking the Ardennes was the least likely spot for a German offensive, American staff commander chose to keep the thin line, so that manpower might concentrate on offensives north and south of the Ardennes known as the "bulge" in the Allied lines. These American lines were thinly held by three divisions in the Allied Army and part of a forth division, while fifth division was making a local attack and the sixth division was in reserve. Division sectors were more than double the width of normal defensive fronts, therefore there were more men scattered along a larger area. The German advance was halted near the Meuse River in late December. Even though the German Offensive achieved total surprise, nowhere did the American troops give ground without a fight. Within three days, the determined American stand and the arrival of powerful reinforcements insured that the ambitious German goal was far beyond reach. In snow and sub-freezing temperatures the Germans fell short of their interim objective- to reach the rambling Meuse River on the edge of the Ardennes. But they managed to avoid being cut off by an Allied Pincer movement.
The Generals and politicians thought the war was going to end very quickly where every I gets to go home on Christmas. Generals and Politicians said “A few quick campaigns and a few decisive victories would “bring the boys home by Christmas, “perhaps even by the fall” (Overfield, James H. Sources of Twentieth-century Global History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Print.) , p74. They were definitely wrong on that note. The war lasted 4 years in the hell the soldiers called the battlefield. One of the first major battles on the western front was called the Battle of Marne. The battle that halted the Germans from entering France into a long standing stalemate. The trench warfare started here, where soldiers dug deep into the ground and settled down to fight off the enemy soldiers. It was a stalemate for man...
Although the shelling was aimed at the German trenches and defensive positions on the Ridge, the Canadians also shelled enemy batteries. They had become adept at locating German gun-positions and had identified the positions of 80 per cent of them. April 9th. 1917 - Easter Monday - dawned cold, with freezing rain and sleet.
Purpose The principal objective of the operation was to get Allied troops across the Rhine. Three main advantages were expected to be achieved: · Cutting the land exit of the Germans remaining in western Holland. · Outflanking the enemy's frontier defences, the West Wall or the Siegfriedline · Positioning British ground forces for a following drive into Germany along the North German plain. . 2. Major Events The 17th of September was the so called "Day Zero" of the operation.
World War I had been fought primarily on French soil, and the military as well as the government never wanted that to happen again, therefore they wanted to reinforce their main border against any future German. Little did they know that only twenty-two years later they would be bested by German forces in a way that would shock the world.... ... middle of paper ... ... Situational awareness was almost non-existent, with many French commanders not even knowing where their own subordinate units were located.11
The Battle of the Somme epitomizes the harsh realities of trench warfare for the Allies and represents the negligent battle planning and technological advancements that are associated with the stalemate of World War One. Trench warfare was common across the Western Front, with similar strategies being employed by both opposing sides. Sir Douglas Haig, one of the British coordinators for the Somme offensive is blamed with an offensive strategy destined for failure. The British offensive, an utter failure, resulted in a stalemate, which was common throughout World War One. The British development of the tank, while it eventually ended the horrendous stalemate, was ineffectively used during the Somme.
* All the French and English troops went to defend on the river Marne, the battle of the Marne began
Causes and Effects of the French Revolution The Revolution. The major cause of the French Revolution was the disputes between the different types of social classes in French society. The French Revolution of 1789-1799 was one of the most important events in the history of the world. The Revolution led to many changes in France, which at the time of the Revolution, was the most powerful state in Europe. The Revolution led to the development of new political forces such as democracy and nationalism.