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Feb 6, 2006 · Canadian and Allied troops won a major victory against Germany at the Battle of Amiens between 8 and 11 August 1918. Amiens was the first in a string of offensive successes, known as the Hundred Days Offensive , that led to the end of the First World War and the 11 November 1918 armistice.
The Battle of Amiens: The Beginning of the End. By Michael G. Stroud. The German offensives of Spring 1918, also known as Kaiserschlacht or the “Emperor’s Battle,” were a massive German effort to hammer the French and British allies and force an accord before the full might of the American Expeditionary Force or AEF, could be brought to ...
On 8 August 1918, British and Imperial forces in co-operation with the French, launched a major attack against the Germans astride the River Somme, east of the city of Amiens.
Fuller’s suggestion fell on deaf ears, but Amiens was still the greatest Allied triumph since the Marne in 1914. The Allies had liberated some 110 square miles in the first day of their advance. Amiens put the Allies on the road to victory, inaugurating the “Last 100 Days” campaigns that would lead to the Armistice of November 11, 1918.
The Battle of Amiens began on 8th August 1918 and proved to be the most decisive battle against the Germans to take place on the Western Front during World War One. It was also the first battle of the war to incorporate a completely co-ordinated attack involving all arms, including artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft.
The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the First World War.
The Battle of Amiens began on August 8th 1918. The Allied offensive marked the beginning of the Hundred Days Offensive that led to the surrender of the German forces on the Western Front. At the Battle of Amiens the full range of new technologies combined with adapted tactics to great effect.
