See main article: Operation Michael and German spring offensive.
Conflict: | German Spring Offensive, 1918 |
Partof: | the Western Front of World War I |
Date: | 21 March – 18 July 1918 |
Place: | Northern France; West Flanders, Belgium |
Result: | See Aftermath section |
Combatant2: | France British Empire |
Commander1: | Erich Ludendorff |
Commander2: | Ferdinand Foch Douglas Haig Philippe Pétain John J. Pershing Alberico Albricci Tamagnini de Abreu |
This is the order of battle for Operation Michael, part of the German Spring Offensive fought from 21 March to 5 April 1918 as one of the main engagements of the First World War. It was fought between mixed French, British and Dominion forces and theGerman Empire in the Somme region in northern France.
General Sir Hubert Gough
General Hon. Sir Julian Byng
General Émile Fayolle
General Georges Louis Humbert
General Marie-Eugène Debeney