Counter-Attack Villers Bretonneux, April 1918

The brutal 1914 German invasion of Belgium and France had gained a large portion of both countries. Over three and a half punishing years the Allies were slowly pushing the Germans back but in March 1918, Germany launched a massive spring offensive. Resting in the Ypres sector after the horrors of the Passchendaele campaign, the Australians were among the first sent south to try to block the enemy. After an unprecedented fortnight of advance, Germany's goal was to capture the town of Villers-Bretonneux, key to the major railway junction of Amiens.

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