Timeline Monday 15 July 1918

Events on Monday 15 July 1918 2

• 1918 Second Battle of the Marne Allied counteroffensive ends the last major German advance of the war German forces launched what became their final major offensive of World War I along the Marne River, which Allied armies under Ferdinand Foch repelled and turned into a counteroffensive. The battle marked the turning point after which Germany remained on the defensive for the rest of the war. It involved large numbers of newly arrived American troops.
• 1918 The Second Battle of the Marne Marne, France The last German offensive of the war was stopped and then thrown back by a French and American counter-attack. From this point the Allies never lost the initiative.