Spring Offensive. It took place between March 21 until July 18, 1918. The battle was fought between Germany, France, Great Britain, and it was fought on the Western Front. The Western Front was Northern France near Belgium. Germany lost the most troops with 688,314. France had lost 433,000. Whereas Great Britain only lost 418,374. The casualty totaled 851,374 for the Allies and altogether totaled 1,539,688. That would be like everybody in New York falling dead. Allied forces held fast and beat down the German forces causing them to eventually retreat. The Allies won because the German tactics and strategies had failed and Germany could not afford to lose any more soldiers than they already had. Germany had four main attacks. Michael was the first and the main goal was to break through the Allied lines. General Petain was the French commander in chief and reacted too slowly in the mind of British commander in chief Field Marshal Haig. The Allies decided to make Ferdinand Foch commander in chief off France and eventually all Allied Forces. Georgette was the second offense and had similar results. Blucher-York was the third attack and was failed because Germany could not reinforce their assault teams. Gneisenau was the final main attack and was almost successful, gaining 9 miles of French land, but the French had an ambush prepared and fought the German forces off. In short, the four attacks (Michael, Georgette, Blucher-York, and Gneisenau) were all fails. There was a final attempt by Germany but it didn't work either. Germany really wanted the land because there were some rivers they could have used.
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