On April 4th and 5th the Germans made their final attempt to reach Amiens. On August 8th the Allies finally launched a series of surprise offensive attacks against Germans that were posted on the Western Front, with Henry Rawlinson’s British Fourth Army taking the lead. The Germans were at a severe disadvantage to begin with, however, because of the combined effort brought against them by the Australian, British, American, French and Canadian military. This disadvantage led the Allies advancing over 11 km on just the first day, which happened to be one of the greatest during World War I. The Allies managed to create a gap around the 15 miles long, and caused 12,000 of the 27,000 total casualties to surrender. It was such a significant defeat for the Germans that Ludendorff called this day “the black day of the German
On April 4th and 5th the Germans made their final attempt to reach Amiens. On August 8th the Allies finally launched a series of surprise offensive attacks against Germans that were posted on the Western Front, with Henry Rawlinson’s British Fourth Army taking the lead. The Germans were at a severe disadvantage to begin with, however, because of the combined effort brought against them by the Australian, British, American, French and Canadian military. This disadvantage led the Allies advancing over 11 km on just the first day, which happened to be one of the greatest during World War I. The Allies managed to create a gap around the 15 miles long, and caused 12,000 of the 27,000 total casualties to surrender. It was such a significant defeat for the Germans that Ludendorff called this day “the black day of the German