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| Battle of Amiens
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| Conflict | First World War
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| Date | 8- 11 August, 1918
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| Place | East of Amiens, Picardy, France
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| Result | Major Allied victory
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| Combatants
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| Britain, France, Canada, Australia, United States
| Germany
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| Commanders
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| Henry Rawlinson
| Georg von der Marwitz
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| Strength
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4 Aus. divisions 4 Can. divisions 2+ British divisions 534 tankM1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. The turret is low-profile, well-integrated into the overall shape of the vehicle. A tank is a tracked and armoured combat vehicle ( armoured fighting vehicle), designed primarily to destroy enemy grous
| 6 divisions
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| Casualties
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| 22,200
| 74,000
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The Battle of Amiens, which began on 8 August, 1918, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive, later known as the Hundred Days , that led ultimately to the end of World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of. The Australian and Canadian divisionA division is a large military unit usually consisting of around 10,000 soldiers. In most armies a division is composed of several regiments or brigades, and in turn several divisions make up a corps. Divisions are usually designated by an ordinal numbers that spearheaded the attack managed to advance over eight mileA mile is any of several units of distance, or, as physicists say, of length. Today, one mile is mainly equal to about 1609 metres on land and 1852 metres at sea and in the air, but see below for the details. Current definitions The meanings of mile thats on the first day, one of the greatest advances of the war. The battle marked the end of trench warfare on the Western Front and the return to the mobile warfare that would prevail until the armistice was signed on 11 November.