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The 100 days

Neil Burke. The 100 days. Who?. The major participants in the 100 Days were: Australia German Empire Belgium Canada France United Kingdom United States. Where?. The 100 Days took place from August 8, 1918 to November 11, 1918.

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The 100 days

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  1. Neil Burke The 100 days

  2. Who? • The major participants in the 100 Days were: Australia German Empire Belgium Canada France United Kingdom United States

  3. Where? • The 100 Days took place from August 8, 1918 to November 11, 1918. • The Canadian troops fought at Amiens, the Drocourt-Quéant line, Canal du Nord, Bourlon Wood, Denain, Valenciennes and finally, Mons.

  4. Why? • The point of the series of battles was to push back German forces to reclaim lost land and end the war.

  5. How? • The 100 Days were important to WWI because they were the 100 final days of the war of which the Allied Forces pushed back the German forces that eventually lead to a Armistice being made to end the war.

  6. What? • The end result of the 100 Days, and also WWI was an armistice being made between the Allied Forces and Germany. • The armistice was agreed at November 11th, 1918, 5:00AM and took effect 6 hours later, at 11:00AM.

  7. The key terms of the armistice were: • German troops must withdraw troops from Belgium, France and Alsace-Lorraine. • Germany must renounce peace treaties with Russia and Romania. • Germany must surrender all ships and weapons to the Allied Forces.

  8. Casualties • British Empire - 411,636 • French - 531,000 • American - 127,000 • German Empire - 785,733

  9. Battle of Amiens • August 8 – August 10 • Canadian, Australian and British spearheaded a surprise attack, with infantry attacking from the front, and tanks attacking from behind the Germans. • Germans lost about 30,000 soldiers on August 8 and retreated on August 10.

  10. Drocourt-queant • One week after the Amiens offensive Canadians were ordered to Vimy to attack the Drocourt-queant line. • Canadians “zig-zagged” through German positions which kept German reinforcements off-track. • September 2nd the Drocourt-queant line was destroyed and the German’s pulled back to Canal Du Nord.

  11. Canal Du Nord

  12. Belgium and Mons • Germans were consistently being pushed back by Allied Forces. • By November 5 Valenciennes was liberated • Canadian troops entered Mons on November 9 and fought until November 11th at 11:00AM when the armistice took effect.

  13. Biblography • http://pages.interlog.com/~fatjack/last100days.htm • http://www.1914-1918.net/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days_Offensive • http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/thegreatwar/articles/research/final100days.htm

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