The Second Battle of the Marne, 1918. US Forces Join the Allied Effort, Germany Flips from Offensive to Defensive, Starvation, Disease, Desertions, and Mutinies.

The last German offensive erupted with the desperation of a cornered power, a final, furious bid to break the stalemate. Yet, in this ultimate gambit, Germany unwittingly sealed its own fate, shifting the tides irreversibly toward Allied victory and signaling the end of an empire’s ambition amid the thunderous close of the Great War. Marne. July 15 - 17, 1918. German Forces: ~ 1,400,000 Troops. Allied Forces: ~ 1,000,000 Troops. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Stokesbury, James. A ...