True Blue History - The Battle of Amiens

<p><span class="s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">A fearsome</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">Allied</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">onslaught of</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">75,000</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">men,</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">approximately 500</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">tanks</span></span><span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">, almost 2,000 aircraft,</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">armoured cars</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">and artillery on 8 August 1918 signalled the start</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">of</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">what has become known as</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">the One Hundred Days Offensive. The</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">Battle of Amiens</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">raised the morale of the Allied troops while</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">simultaneously</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">demoralising the Germans. Ultimately,</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">the success of the Allied strategies convinced</span></span> <span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">the German High Command</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">that the war was unwinnable. With victory within their grasp, the Allies utilised the combination of bitter experience gained from four years of fighting and tactics that made better use of the new forms of warfare. Military historian Paul Reed discusses the battle strategies, the men who created them and those executed them</span></span> <span class= "s4"><span class="bumpedFont15">on the battlefield</span></span><span class="s4"><span class= "bumpedFont15">.</span></span