gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Kaiserschlacht
gptkb:Spring_Offensive
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gptkbp:casualties
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approx. 688,341 Allied
approx. 688,000 German
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:France
gptkb:German_Empire
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Douglas_Haig
gptkb:Erich_Ludendorff
gptkb:Ferdinand_Foch
gptkb:Paul_von_Hindenburg
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gptkbp:endDate
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18 July 1918
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Allied_Hundred_Days_Offensive
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gptkbp:goal
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Defeat Allied forces before American reinforcements arrived
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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Exhausted German resources and morale
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Kaiser's Battle
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gptkbp:involvedTactics
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artillery
surprise attack
stormtrooper infiltration
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Western_Front
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gptkbp:notableOperation
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gptkb:Operation_Georgette
gptkb:Operation_Michael
gptkb:Operation_Blücher–Yorck
gptkb:Operation_Gneisenau
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_I
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gptkbp:precededBy
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Trench warfare stalemate
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gptkbp:result
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German advance, but ultimately unsuccessful
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gptkbp:significance
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Last major German offensive on the Western Front
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gptkbp:startDate
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21 March 1918
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Martin_Middlebrook
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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