The liberation offensive
The liberation offensive
The allied liberation offensive began in August 1918. The allies launched an offensive over the entire western front, in order to push the German troops back for good. It was now or never. The Germans were at the end of their tether after the failure of their spring offensive and the threat of revolution in Germany itself. On the allied side, two million fresh American soldiers had joined their ranks. For the first time in the war, all allied troops were under the authority of one commander-in-chief, the French field marshal Foch.
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