Battle Of Amiens

The Battle of Amiens, which took place in France during World War 1, was actually a sequence of numerous allied offenses. The Paris-Amiens railway line was initially intended to be protected from a German invasion; nonetheless, it would eventually become recognized as the start of the Hundred Days Offensive, which effectively ended the war in favor of the allies.

The Canadian Corps, the British Fourth Army, the French First Army, and the Australian Corps, along with a few other friendly troops, made up the majority of the attacking force when the offensive started on August 8, 1918. The German forces were vastly outnumbered even though they were surrounded by three lines of trenches.

The allies took care to launch a smoke-covered surprise attack with the aid of the Royal Air Force. They marched more than eight miles in three days, killing more than 26,000 Germans and capturing more than 12,000 others, effectively ending the German war effort in the area.

Date: 8–12 August 1918 (major combat)
Location: East of Amiens, Picardy, France
Result: Allied victory

• Start of Hundred Days Offensive