5 oct. 1918 - Allied forces capture the Hindenburg Line, ending the Hundred Days Offensive

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After a 56-hour long bombardment, Allied forces breach the Hindenburg Line, the last line of German defenses on the Western Front. In the last 24 hours alone the British artillery fired around 1 million shells at the German defensive lines. This battle was the culmination of the war on the Western Front and it was a decisive, if hard fought, allied victory. Both sides suffered over a million casualties in the taking of the Line

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