The Beginning of the End Of WWI: Amiens, 1918
>“Keep your mouth shut!”; that was the less-than-subtle notice pasted into the pay books of British soldiers in the run-up to the offensive near the French town of Amiens that would start on 8th August, 1918
>the main architect of the Amiens assault, Fourth Army Commander General Sir Henry Rawlinson, was aiming to create a diversion, dispatching two Canadian battalions north to Mount Kemmel, in Flanders, the main stomping ground for the BEF the previous year
>in all, there were around 30 Allied divisions, two-thirds of them British Empire and one-third French, going up against about half as many German units
https://www.forces.net/news/army/beginning-end-wwi-amiens-1918
3000 people gather to mark the centenary of the Battle of Amiens
>His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge and the Prime Minister joined 3,000 guests to mark the centenary of the Battle of Amiens
>two thousand guests watched the service from inside the Cathedral, including hundreds of descendants of those who fought; a further 1,200 members of the public watched from the Cathedral square
>in a speech, HRH The Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to those who served in the battle one hundred years ago and the cooperation between the Allied nations
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/3000-people-gather-to-mark-the-centenary-of-the-battle-of-amiens
WW1 centenary: William and PM mark Battle of Amiens
>the Duke of Cambridge and the prime minister have attended commemorations in northern France to mark the centenary of the Battle of Amiens - the beginning of the end of World War One
>in a reading, the duke said he was "delighted" to mark the centenary in tPost too long. Click here to view the full text.