Hindenburg Line
Videos
The Hindenburg Line was a German defensive fortification built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front in France during the First World War. The line ran from Arras to Laffaux, near Soisso
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg in 1914
German defensive positions from July to November 1918
Mine crater in the road through Athies, to impede the British
Orchard near Etreillers cut down during the German withdrawal
Hundred Days Offensive
Videos
The Hundred Days Offensive was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the Battle of Amiens on the Western Front, the Allies pushed the Imperial German Arm
Hindenburg Line
…Hindenburg Line was attacked several times in 1917, notably at St Quentin, Bullecourt, the Aisne and Cambrai and was broken in September 1918 during the Hundred Days Offensive. In August 1916 the German armies on the Somme had been subjected to great strain; the IX Reserve Corps had been "shattered" in the defence of Pozières…
Allied gains in late 1918
1 September 1918, Péronne, Somme. A machine gun position established by the Australian 54th Battalion during its attack on German forces in the town
Troops of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 36th (Ulster) Division, advancing from Ravelsburg Ridge to the outskirts of Neuve Eglise, 1 September 1918
Canadian troops shelter in a ditch along the Arras-Cambrai road