Back هجوم المائة يوم Arabic Стодзённае наступленне Byelorussian Стодневно настъпление Bulgarian Argadenn ar C'hant deiz Breton Ofensiva dels Cent Dies Catalan Stodenní ofenzíva Czech Hunderttageoffensive German Ofensiva de los Cien Días Spanish Ehun Eguneko ofentsiba Basque آفند صدروزه Persian
| Hundred Days Offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||
 Allied gains in late 1918 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France United States Belgium  Italy[1][2] Portugal Siam |
 German Empire Austria-Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ferdinand Foch[a] Philippe Pétain[b] Paul Maistre[c] Émile Fayolle[d] Noël Castelnau[e] Douglas Haig[f] Henry Wilson[g] John J. Pershing[h] King Albert I[i] Tamagnini de Abreu[j] |
Paul von Hindenburg[k] Erich Ludendorff[l] Wilhelm Groener[m] Max von Gallwitz[n] Rupprecht of Bavaria[o] Wilhelm of Prussia[p] Max von Boehn[q] Albrecht of Württemberg[r] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Strength on 11 November 1918:[3] c. 2,559,000 c. 1,900,000 c. 1,900,000[s] c. 190,000 |
Strength on 11 November 1918:[3] c. 3,562,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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18 July – 11 November: 1,070,000[4] 531,000 412,000 127,000 |
18 July – 11 November: 1,172,075+[4] 100,000+ killed 685,733 wounded 386,342 captured 6,700 artillery pieces Breakdown 17,500[7]2,500 killed 5,000 captured 10,000 wounded | ||||||
The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Western Front, the Allies pushed the Imperial German Army back, undoing its gains from the German spring offensive (21 March – 18 July).
The Germans retreated to the Hindenburg Line, but the Allies broke through the line with a series of victories, starting with the Battle of St Quentin Canal on 29 September. The offensive led directly to the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended the war with an Allied victory. The term "Hundred Days Offensive" does not refer to a planned Allied campaign, but rather the rapid series of Allied victories.
- ^ Caracciolo, M. Le truppe italiane in Francia. Mondadori. Milan 1929
- ^ Julien Sapori, Les troupes italiennes en France pendant la première guerre mondiale, éditions Anovi, 2008
- ^ a b Neiberg p. 95
- ^ a b Tucker 2014, p. 634.
- ^ Bond 1990, p. 20.
- ^ a b c Reid 2006, p. 448.
- ^ Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914–1920, The War Office, pp. 356–357.
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