Information
Name: German spring offensive
Type: Event
Start: 1918
End: 1918
Parents: World War I western Front
German spring offensive: All Data
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Was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918. Following American entry into the war in April 1917, the Germans decided that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies before the United States could ship soldiers across the Atlantic and fully deploy its resources.