A Great Storm Arising: The British Army and the German March Offensive of 1918

The German offensive in March 1918 challenged Britain’s resilience and reshaped Western Front dynamics.

On 21 March 1918, for the first time since August 1914, Germany launched Operation Michael, a major attack against the combined Anglo-French armies on the Western Front. For both the adversaries the offensive proved a watershed moment in their fortunes and in the outcome of the First World War. For the Germans, the cumulative effect of consecutive attacks, and excessive casualties, cripple...