Société d’Histoire d’Yerres
Yerres Historical Society
German offensives of 1918
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Battle of the Aisne
Third German offensive, known as the
Battle of the Aisne
or Operation
Blücher-Yorck
(south of
Michael
), from May 27 to June 4, 1918
7th and 1st German armies break through the front at the
Chemin des Dames
(7 divisions, 4,600 artillery pieces)
32 km deep and 50 km wide area
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