Hundred Days Offensive

The Hundred days offensive is the term used for the last phase of the First World War,on the Western Front. Between 8 August and 11 November 1918, Allied troops carried out a number of offensives against Germany. That forced the Germans to retreat behind the Hindenbug Line. The offensive ended with the Armistice of Compiègne.

Hundred Days Offensive Media

• AWM AWM E03183 peronne.jpg

  1 September 1918, Péronne, Somme. A machine gun position established by the Australian 54th Battalion during its attack on German forces in the town

• The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918 Q7022.jpg

  Troops of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 36th (Ulster) Division, advancing from Ravelsburg Ridge to the outskirts of Neuve Eglise, 1 September 1918

• Canadian troops on Arras- Cambrai road-1918.jpg

  Canadian troops shelter in a ditch along the Arras-Cambrai road

• Riflemen-1918-Western-Front.jpg

  Comparison of Allied and German frontline rifle strength before and after the Hundred Days Offensive and the arrival of additional American troops.