Third Battle of the Aisne

Third Battle of the Aisne
Part of the Western Front of World War I
The Western Front, July 1918
Date 27 May – 6 June 1918 Location Aisne River near Paris, France 49°23′N 3°44′E / 49.383°N 3.733°E / 49.383; 3.733 Result See Aftermath section Territorial changes Germans achieve 55 km breakthrough of Allied lines that comes within 56 km of Paris
Belligerents
France  United Kingdom  United States Italy	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Denis Auguste Duchêne Alexander Hamilton-Gordon	Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Wilhelm
Strength
French 6th Army, British IX Corps, Italian II Corps[1] and later 2 American Divisions[Note 1]	German 1st and 7th Armies (over 20 divisions and 4,000 artillery guns)
Casualties and losses
127,000	130,000

The Third Battle of the Aisne (French: 3^e Bataille de l'Aisne) was part of the German spring offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Forces arrived completely in France. It was one of a series of offensives, known as the Kaiserschlacht, launched by the Germans in the spring and summer of 1918.

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