The Ludendorff Offensives were a series of German attacks designed to win the First World War before large numbers of American troops could enter the fighting.
The Second battle of the Somme, 21 March-4 April 1918, was the first of General Ludendorff’s five great offensives launched during the spring and summer of 1918.
The First battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 30 March-5 April 1918, was part of the second battle of the Somme and saw an Australian counterattack defeat a German attack close to Amiens
The Battle of the Lys, 9-29 April 1918, was the second German offensive of 1918, aimed at the British in Flanders.
The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 24-27 April 1918, was a renewed German attack towards Amiens, defeated by a night attack.
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