Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 21 ga Maris 1918 Jamus ta kai hari
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin kwanaki uku na farko na hare-haren, Ma'aikatar War ba ta da tabbas game da mummunar barazanar. Janar Petain yana jira kuma yana tsammanin babban harin zai zo a cikin sashinsa na Compiègne, kimanin mil 75 a kudu da inda ya faru. Bayan da suka sami nasara a Gabas ta Gabas a 1917, Jamus ta mayar da hankalinsu ga Yammacin Yamma a cikin hunturu na 1917-18 ta hanyar motsawa ƙungiyoyin da ke fama da su a gabas, ta hanyar jirgin kasa, zuwa Faransa. An yi tunanin cewa Jamus tana da ƙungiyoyi sama da 200 a Yammacin Yammacin lokacin bazara na 1918 (idan aka kwatanta da Faransanci 100, da Ingila 50). Lokacin da Jamus ta kai hari a ranar 21 ga Maris, sun mayar da hankali ga ma'aikatan su kuma sun buga abokan adawar a wurin da suka fi rauni, a mahaɗin tsakanin Turanci da Faransanci. An taimaka musu da wasu dalilai: 1) wani sabon sake fasalin B.E.F. don rufe wani layi na tsawon kilomita 28 a gaba, 2) rashin ajiyar sojoji na tsakiya wanda jagorancin farar hula ya umarta, amma wanda sojoji suka yi watsi da shi, 3) da farko da aka ba da ajiyar bangarori na kowane bangare zuwa wurare da suka saba da inda ake buƙatar su, 4) rashin jagorancin haɗin gwiwa, wanda, a lokacin rikici, ya sa shugabannin soja su nemi bukatun kansu na kasa, kuma ba na gaba ɗaya ba, 5) da karfi da sake horar da 'yan bindigar Jamus a cikin sababbin nau'o'in sojoji da ake kira, "stormtroopers", 6) yanayin bushe wanda ya sa ƙasa ta zama mai wuya, 7) da karfi a kan hazo na safe na kwanakin farko na hare-haren, da kuma cikakken mamaki. 7)