0 ore 14 min, 8 agos 1918 anni - The Battle of Amiens. The battle of Amiens took place on the 8 of Aug 1918 on the Western Front near the town of Amiens in northern France. The reason why this battle was important in ww1 was because when the ANZACs and other allies pushed forward into the east and won lots of territory back, the Allied forces pressured the Axis powers to end the war.