Operation Michael was a WWI German military operation that began the Spring Offense on March 21 1918. It was launched at the Hindenburg Line, which is near the commune of Saint-Quentin, France. The goal of Operation Michael was to break through allied lines to capture places that supplied the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF, and drive them out to sea. Operation Michael lasted 15 days, from March 21 to August 5. On the 2nd day of operation Commander Erich Lundendorff changed the plan, and went for an offensive west of their position on the British front north of the Somme. It was Germany on one side, and France, Great Britain, and America on the other. Germany lost 239.800 people while the Allied forces lost 254,739This is a map of Operation Michael.
This is a picture of some of the british forces.
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