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Hundred Days Offensive

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For other uses, see Hundred Days (disambiguation). Hundred Days Offensive Part of the Western Front of World War I Allied gains in late 1918 Date 8 August – 11 November 1918 Location Amiens, France to Mons, Belgium Coordinates: 49°53′38.09″N 2°17′39.30″E  /  49.8939139°N 2.2942500°E  / 49.8939139; 2.2942500 Result Decisive Allied victory Collapse of the Western Front End of World War I Collapse of the German Empire Belligerents   France   British Empire   United Kingdom   Australia   Canada   India   Newfoundland   New Zealand   South Africa   United States   Belgium   Portugal Siam   Italy [1] [2]   German Empire   Austria-Hungary Commanders and leaders Ferdinand Foch Philippe Pétain Douglas Haig John J. Pershing King Albert I Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff Wilhelm Groener Strength Strength on 11 November 1918: [3] c.  2,559,000 c.  1,900,000 c.  1,900,000 [4] c.  190,000 Strength on 11 November 1918: [3] c.  3,562,000 Casualties and losses 18 July – 11 Novembe...

First Battle of Ypres

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For a list of the Battles of Ypres, see Battle of Ypres. First Battle of Ypres Part of the Western Front of the First World War Positions of the Allied and German armies, 19 October 1914 Date 19 October – 22 November 1914 Location Ypres, Belgium Coordinates: 50°51′51″N 2°53′44″E  /  50.8641°N 2.8956°E  / 50.8641; 2.8956 Result Indecisive Belligerents   France   Belgium   United Kingdom   German Empire Commanders and leaders Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Albert I John French Erich von Falkenhayn Albrecht of Württemberg Rupprecht of Bavaria Max von Fabeck Alexander von Linsingen Strength Belgian: c.   247,000 French: 3,989,103 British: 163,897 Total: 4,400,000 5,400,000 Casualties and losses Belgian: 21,562 French: 50,000–85,000 British: 7,960 killed 29,563 wounded 17,873 missing 2,128 unknown cause Total: 58,155 8,050 killed 29,170 wounded 10,545 missing Total: 46,765 134,315 German casualties in Belgium and northern France, 15 October – 24 November Ypres Ypres, a Belgian m...