Spring Offensive facts for kids
| German Spring Offensive, 1918 | |||||||
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| Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||
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| Participants | |||||||
 German Empire |
 France
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| German Empire Erich Ludendorff |
Ferdinand Foch Douglas Haig Philippe Petain John Pershing Tamagnini de Abreu |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 688,341 | 418,374 British 433,000 French Total: 851,374 |
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The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle), also known as the Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during World War I, which marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914. The German authorities had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies before the overwhelming human and matériel resources of the United States could be deployed. They also had the advantage of nearly 50 divisions freed by the Russian surrender (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk).
Images for kids
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Graph showing comparative numbers of German and Allied front-line infantry from April to November 1918.
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German A7V tank at Roye on March 21, 1918
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Germans passing a captured British trench
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British Lewis gun team on the bank of the Lys canal during Battle of Hazebrouck, 15 April 1918
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German prisoners being guarded by Australian troops, 23 April 1918.
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French and British troops marching back through Passy-sur-Marne, 29 May 1918.
