Describe the offensive launched by Germany in 1918 and define its outcome.
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German Spring Offensive
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- The year 1917 unfortunate for the Allies.
- The Nivelle offensive had failed, the French army had mutinied, a British had three hundred thousand casualties, and the Russians, torn by revolution and gripped by war exhaustion.
- In April 1917, the United States declared war on Germany.
- General Erich Ludendorff planned for a final offensive before the Americans could land troops in France to help the Allies.
- On March 21, 1918, the Germans launched an offensive that was intended to bring victory to the west. The Germans, exhausted and short of ammunition and food, called off the drive.
- In mid-July, the Germans tried to launch an attack but failed against American and French opposition.
- The Germans had thrown everything they had into their spring and summer invasions, but could not win the war.
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