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Category: This Day in History
The Battle of Amiens was the opening phase of the Allied offensive that ultimately led to the end of WWI. Allied forces had pushed, on average, seven miles into enemy territory by the end of the day, one of the greatest advances of the war. The battle marked the end of trench warfare on the Western Front and the return to the mobile warfare that would prevail until the armistice was signed on November 11. How did German general Erich Ludendorff describe the first day of the battle?
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