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German Spring Offensive, 1918 Part of the Western Front of World War I Date 18 July – 22 July, 1918 Location Northern France Result French victory Belligerents  German Empire France  United States Commanders Erich Ludendorff Ferdinand Foch Casualties and losses 168,000 125,000 v • d • e Western Front Liège – Frontiers – 1st Marne – Antwerp – Race to the Sea – 1st Ypres – 1st Champagne – 2nd Ypres – 2nd Artois – 2nd Champagne – Loos – 3rd Artois – Verdun – Somme – Arras – 2nd Aisne – Messines – 3rd Ypres – Cambrai – Spring – Hundred Days v • d • e Spring Offensive Operation Michael – Lys – 3rd Aisne – Belleau Wood– Montdidier-Noyon – 2nd Marne

The Battle of Soissons (also known as the Battle of Soissonnais and of the Ourcq (French: Bataille du Soissonnais et de L'Ourcq)) was a World War I battle, waged during 18 July to 22 July 1918, between the French (with minor American assistance) and German Army.

Ferdinand Foch, the Allied Supreme Commander, planned a major counter-offensive on 18 July; 24 French divisions, including the Buffalo Soldiers 92nd Infantry Division (United States) then under French command, and reinforced by other Allied troops including 8 large US divisions under US command, and 350 tanks, aimed at eliminating the salient that was aimed at Paris.

The Allies suffered 125,000 casualties (95,000 French, 13,000 British and 12,000 American), while the Germans suffered 168,000 casualties.^[1]

The battle ended with the French recapturing most of the ground lost to the German Spring offensive in May, 1918.

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1. ^ http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/marne2.htm The Second Battle of the Marne, accessed 03 Sep 2009

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