Europe 1918: German Spring Offensive
 
	
	18 July 1918
											
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											Great War
									
										
											
												-27–68 Julio-Claudian Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												68–96 Flavian Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												96–192 Nerva–Antonine Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												192–235 Severan Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												235–268 Crisis of the Third Century: Turmoil
											
										
									
										
											
												268–284 Crisis of the Third Century: Restoration
											
										
									
										
											
												284–311 Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
											
										
									
										
											
												311–363 Constantinian Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												363–383 Valentinianic Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												383–408 Theodosian Dynasty: Divided Empire
											
										
									
										
											
												408–425 Theodosian Dynasty: The West Besieged
											
										
									
										
											
												425–441 Theodosian Dynasty: Fall of Africa
											
										
									
										
											
												441–455 Theodosian Dynasty: Hunnic Wars
											
										
									
										
											
												455–461 Last Hope of the Western Empire
											
										
									
										
											
												461–476 Fall of the Western Empire
											
										
									
										
											
												476–1803 NO MAPS FOR THIS PERIOD YET
											
										
									
										
											
												1803–1814 Napoleonic Wars
											
										
									
										
											
												1814–1815 Vienna and Waterloo
											
										
									
										
											
												1815–1848 Congress Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												1848–1850 Springtime of Peoples
											
										
									
										
											
												1850–1859 Crimean War
											
										
									
										
											
												1859–1862 Italian Unification
											
										
									
										
											
												1862–1871 German Unification
											
										
									
										
											
												1871–1914 Imperial Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												1914–1918 Great War
											
										
									
										
											
												1918–1922 Armistice Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												1922–1939 Rise of Fascism
											
										
									
										
											
												1939–1942 World War II: Blitzkrieg
											
										
									
										
											
												1942–1945 World War II: Fall of the Third Reich
											
										
									
										
											
												1945–1990 Cold War
											
										
									
										
											
												1990–2010 Post-Cold War Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												2010–pres Crisis of Europe
											
										
									
								
							German Spring Offensive
						
							
								4 Aug 1914 Outbreak of the Great War
							
						
							
								5 Sep 1914 Great Retreat
							
						
							
								26 Dec 1914 Stalemate on the Western Front
							
						
							
								26 Apr 1915 Gallipoli Campaign
							
						
							
								4 Nov 1915 Central Power Breakthrough in the East
							
						
							
								21 Feb 1916 Battle of Verdun
							
						
							
								20 Sep 1916 Somme and Brusilov Offensives
							
						
							
								12 Jan 1917 Collapse of the Eastern Front
							
						
							
								6 Apr 1917 United States Enters the Great War
							
						
							
								11 Jul 1917 Kerensky Offensive
							
						
							
								7 Nov 1917 October Revolution in Russia
							
						
							
								1 Dec 1917 Bolsheviks Gain Control in Russia
							
						
							
								20 Mar 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
							
						
							
								18 Jul 1918 German Spring Offensive
							
						
							
								20 Sep 1918 Allied Hundred Days Offensive
							
						
							
								25 Oct 1918 Collapse of the Central Powers
							
						
							
								8 Nov 1918 German Revolution
							
						
							
								11 Nov 1918 Armistice Day
							
						
					
				With the war against Russia ended, Germany was free to send troops from the Eastern to the Western Front. On March 21, they launched a huge offensive in an attempt to smash France and Britain before the United States could enter the War in force.