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The Allies started winning.
The Battle of Amiens was a major turning point in the tempo of the war. The Germans had started the offensive with the Schrieffer plan before the war devolved into trench warfare, the race to the sea slowed movement on the Western Front, and the German spring offensive earlier that year had once again given Germany the offensive edge on the Western Front. Armored support helped the Allies tear a hole through trench lines, weakening once impregnable trench positions. The British Third Army with no armored support had almost no effect on the line while the British Fourth Army, with less than a thousand tanks, broke deep into German territory, for example. Australian commander John Monash was knight by George V in the days following the battle.
British war-correspondent Sir Philip Gibbs noted Amiens' effect on the war's tempo, saying on August 27 that "the enemy...is on the defensive" and "the initiative of attack is so completely in our hands that we are able to strike him at many different places." Gibbs also credits Amiens with a shift in troop morale, saying "the change has been greater in the minds of men than in the taking of territory. On our side the army seems to be buoyed up with the enormous hope of getting on with this business quickly" and that "there is a change also in the enemy's mind. They no longer have even a dim hope of victory on this western front. All they hope for now is to defend them long enough to gain peace by negotiation."
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ViviThe battle of the Amiens was a battle fought during World War I. It was fought from August 8 to August 19th of 1918. For the allies, the battle was more of a distraction then anything, but one objective was to capture a gun called the "Amiens gun".
Deaths:
The Germans los 27,000 men on the first day of the battle.
The British lost 20,000 men during the entire war.
The Frend lost 22,000 men.
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How do you pronounce Amiens?
AH-mee-en
What are the Names and dates of all the battles of World War 1?
you can see all the dates and battles during world war 1 if you go to this website: http://www.freepedia.co.uk/FWWBattles.php (you can just copy the website above then paste it into the address bar)
Was the US involved inthe first battle of marne?
No. The US were not involved in any conflict along the Marne until the allied counter-offensive in 1918. The Americans and the French advanced along the Marne while the British adavanced from Amiens as part of the two-pronged assault to drive the Germans back.
What battles did the british take part in during world war 1?
Amongst other places, British Forces in WW1 fought battles at: Mons; Le Cateau;The Aisne;Ypres;Gallipoli;Loos;Kut al Amara;The Somme;Baghdad;Arras/Vimy Ridge;Gaza;Cambrai;Amiens;Megiddo;The Hindenburg Line. Also the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea.
Where were most of the battles fought during world war 1?
Answer 89 BattlesAccording to "A Dictionary of Battles 1816-1976(1977) there were 89 battles in the First World War, all fronts included, though this does not include every skirmish or limited action that could not be considered a general "battle", perse. These engagements include, for instance, the Isonzo campaign in Italy that involved over ten separate phases over three years, as well as the East African campaign whereby the British tried desperately to hunt down the German Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck from the very beginning of the war until the German surrender. Obviously, this involved many small and fierce engagements, but it is one entry in this dictionary. Nonetheless, I would answer 89 based on this reference material.i went on a website recently, and gave up counting at 121 battles.
