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L'offensive allemande du 27 mai 1918

La rupture du front

La poussée aux ailes et la course à la Marne.

La poussée vers l'ouest .

Le "Friedensturm"

L'offensive alliée du 18 juillet 1918 .

La retraite allemande

 

LA VISITE DU CHAMP DE BATAILLE .

1re JOURNÉE :

De Paris à Château-Thierry

Visite de Château-Thierry

Le tour du Bois Belleau .

De Château-Thierry à Fère-en-Tardenois .

Les combats sur la Marne

2e JOURNÉE :

De Château-Thierry à Soissons .

Les combats de 1918

3e JOURNÉE :

De Soissons à Reims

Fismes

4e JOURNÉE :

De Reims à Château-Thierry

Epernay

Les combats de 1918

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Contents

The German Offensive of May 27, 1918

 The rupture of the Front

 The race to the Marne

Push towards the west.

The "Friedensturm"

 The Allied offensive of July 18, 1918.

 The German retreat

THE VISIT TO THE BATTLE FIELD.

1st DAY:

From Paris to Château-Thierry

 Visit to Château-Thierry

 Tour of Belleau Wood

Château-Thierry to Fère-in-Tardenois

 Battles on the Marne

2nd DAY:

Château-Thierry to Soissons.

The Battles of 1918

3rd DAY:

De Soissons to Rheims

Fismes

4th DAY:

From Rheims to Château-Thierry

Epernay

The Battles of 1918

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A fascinating guide to the frontline at the time when the wounds of war were fresh. Well illustrated.

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The second major battle close to the River Marne took place during the summer of 1918. During the Spring Offensive, the German Army advanced over the Aisne in late May and reached the Marne on 5th June. The French Army was in poor shape and the Commander-in-Chief, Henri-Philippe Petain, knew that the British were busy dealing with the German offensive at Lys. Eventually Sir Douglas Haig agreed to send Petain four divisions and two divisions of the recently arrived US Army were also available. Over 85,000 American soldiers took part in the battle.

The German attack on the Marne was launched by General Erich von Ludendorff on 15th July. Twenty-three divisions of the First and Third Armies attacked the French Fourth Army in the east of Reims and seventeen divisions of the Seventh army took on the French Fifth Army to the west.

The Germans failed to break through and General Ferdinand Foch was able to organize a counterattack. This included 24 divisions of the French Army, and soldiers from the United States, Brititish Empire and Italy. On 20th July the Germans began to withdraw. By the 3rd August they were back to where they were when they started the Spring Offensive in March.

Allied casualties during the 2nd Battle of the Marne were heavy: French (95,000), British Empire (13,000) and United States (12,000). It is estimated that the German Army suffered an estimated 168,000 casualties and and marked the last real attempt by the Central Powers to win the First World War.

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