Second Battle of the Marne

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Second Battle of the Marne
Part of the Western Front of World War I
German offensives, 1918
Date 15 July – 18 July 1918 Location Marne River near Paris, France 49°5′N 3°40′E / 49.083°N 3.667°E / 49.083; 3.667 Result Entente victory
Belligerents
Entente Powers: France United States United Kingdom Italy Russia  Siam[1]	Central Powers: German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand Foch Paul Maistre Émile Fayolle Henri Gouraud Charles Mangin Antoine de Mitry Henri Berthelot Jean Degoutte John J. Pershing Alexander Godley Alberico Albricci Nikolai Lokhvitsky	Erich Ludendorff Karl von Einem Bruno von Mudra Max von Boehn Johannes von Eben
Strength
44 French divisions 8 American divisions 4 British divisions 4 Russian divisions 2 Italian divisions Total: 58 divisions 408 heavy guns 360 field batteries 346 tanks	52 divisions 609 heavy guns 1,047 field batteries
Casualties and losses
95,165 16,552 12,000 9,334	168,000 casualties (including 29,367 captured) 793 guns lost[2]

The Second Battle of the Marne (French: Seconde Bataille de la Marne; 15 – 18 July 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack failed when an Allied counterattack, led by French forces and supported by several hundreds of Renault FT tanks, overwhelmed the Germans on their right flank, inflicting severe casualties. The German defeat marked the start of the relentless Allied advance which culminated in the Armistice with Germany about 100 days later.