Third Battle of the Aisne | |||||||||
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Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||||
The Western Front, July 1918 | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
France United Kingdom United States Italy | German Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Denis Auguste Duchêne Alexander Hamilton-Gordon |
Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Wilhelm | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
French 6th Army, British IX Corps, Italian II Corps[1] and later 2 American Divisions[Note 1] | German 1st and 7th Armies (over 20 divisions and 4,000 artillery guns) | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
127,000 | 130,000 |
The Third Battle of the Aisne (French: 3e Bataille de l'Aisne) was part of the German spring offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Forces arrived completely in France. It was one of a series of offensives, known as the Kaiserschlacht, launched by the Germans in the spring and summer of 1918.
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