Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Akwai hudu Jamus hare-hare, code mai suna "Michael
", "Georgette", "Gneisenau", da kuma "Blücher-Yorck". "Michael" shi ne babban harin, wanda aka yi niyyar karya ta hanyar Allied Lines, outflank Birtaniya sojojin (wanda aka gudanar da gaba daga kogin Somme zuwa Turanci Channel) da kuma kayar da Birtaniya Army. Da zarar an cimma hakan, an yi fatan cewa Faransawa za su nemi sharuɗɗan armistice. Sauran hare-haren sun kasance na biyu ga "Michael" kuma an tsara su ne don karkatar da dakarun Allied daga babban kokarin da ake yi a kan Somme. Babu wata manufa mai kyau da aka kafa kafin farawar hare-haren kuma da zarar an fara gudanar da ayyukan, an canza manufofin hare-haren a kai a kai bisa ga yanayin (dabaru) a fagen fama.