Operation Michael вђ How Germany Tried To Win Wwi

Operation Michael вђ How Germany Tried To Win Wwi Operation michael – how germany tried to win wwi. march 21, 1918 was a hell of a day to be a british soldier particularly one in general sir hubert gough's fifth army. that morning, a tidal wave of german forces burst out of the mist, spearheaded by elite stormtrooper infiltration troops and supported in one spot by the new a7v german tanks. Some 21,000 soldiers were taken prisoner. only the disastrous first day of the somme on the 1 st of july 1916 had been a worse day for the british army. total casualties for operation michael stand at around 240,000 for the imperial german army. combined british and french casualties came to 250,000.

Operation Michael вђ How Germany Tried To Win Wwi Operation michael. operation michael (german: unternehmen michael) was a major german military offensive during world war i that began the german spring offensive on 21 march 1918. it was launched from the hindenburg line, in the vicinity of saint quentin, france. A 60 pounder mark ii battery of the royal garrison artillery in action in the open near la boisselle, 25 march 1918. by the spring of 1918, the western front of the first world war had been almost static for three years. then the germans, intent on breaking the deadlock while they could, launched an operation to break through the allied lines. Operation michael. on the 21st march 1918′ the german army on the western front unleashed a series of massive attacks on the exhausted french and british troops. 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 the first world. The first and largest of these offensives, operation michael, was intended to strike the british expeditionary force (bef) along the somme with the goal of cutting it off from the french to the south. the assault plan called for the 17th, 2nd, 18th, and 7th armies to break through the bef's lines then wheel northwest to drive toward the english.