Session 6

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Evie

Cards (12)

  • USA joined the war
    April 1917
  • The USA had the third largest navy in the world and was beginning to assemble a formidable army
  • It would take some time to assemble the soldiers and transport them over the Atlantic to France
  • Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

    November 1917
  • The Communists took power in Russia and called a cease fire with Germany and negotiated a peace deal
  • The Allies had lost one of their major partners
  • By early 1918 Germany was able to withdraw its troops from the East and redeploy them to the Western Front
  • Ludendorff (Spring) Offensive, 1918

    A massive all-out assault on the Allied lines planned by General Ludendorff to bring about a swift victory
  • Initially, it was a great success, with the Germans gaining 64km of territory and placing their heavy guns within firing range of Paris
  • Losses were high with the Germans suffering 400,000 casualties
  • The troops outran their supply lines due to the speed of their advance, and also had a tendency to loot trenches and houses rather than keep pressing forward or consolidating their position
  • This delay gave the Allies a chance to regroup, especially with the ever growing numbers of American soldiers in France