Operation Michael
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Operation Michael was a major German military offensive during World War I that began the German spring offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line, in the vicinity of Saint-Q
Evolution of the front line during the battle
German gains in early 1918
The front line between British and German forces, 21 March – 5 April 1918
The movement of German field armies through the offensive
German spring offensive
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The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918. Fo
Comparative numbers of German and Allied front-line infantry from April to November 1918.
German A7V tank at Roye, March 1918
Germans passing a captured British trench