St. Quentin (battle Honour)
Operation Michael was a major German Army (German Empire), German Offensive (military), military offensive during the First World War that began the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Saint-Quentin, France. Its goal was to break through the Allies of World War I, Allied (Entente) lines and advance in a north-westerly direction to seize the Channel Ports, which supplied the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and to drive the BEF into the sea. Two days later General Erich Ludendorff, the chief of the German General Staff, adjusted his plan and pushed for an offensive due west, along the whole of the British front north of the Somme (river), River Somme. This was designed to first separate the French Army in World War I, French and British Army during World War I, British Armies before continuing with the original concept of pushing the BEF into the s ...
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