8-12 August 1918: The Battle of Amiens (or, the Third Battle of Picardy)—An Entente attack took the Germans largely by surprise, advancing seven miles on the first day & capturing over ten thousand P.O.W.; the battle buoyed Entente morale & shattered German morale out of all proportion to the territorial gains & losses, General Ludendorff calling 8 August the "black day of the German Army."
Lest we forget.
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