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Offensive plans for Cambrai attack by German armies
The document outlines the planned offensive in late March 1917 involving the 17th and 2nd German armies under Crown Prince Rupprecht, with the 18th army on the south flank. It details coordination between army groups, shifting command, preparations since January, and aims to cut the Cambrai reentrant while probing toward Arras and the Oise.
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Cambrai
Croisilles
Peronne
Rupprecht
Poland
Arras
Oise
Ypres
Lens
Heima
The
Argonne
von Gallwitz
Verdun
Duke Albrecht
Saarburg
Lorraine
Ste. Marie aux-Mines
Undagau
Alsace
Gen
St. Quentin
Galicia
von Bothmer
Col
von Hemmer
Saarburg-St. Marie-aux-Mines
Altho
Boun
Croisellies
Moeuvres
Croiselles
Werlanders
Bir Julian Byng
Ludendorff
17Th
18Th
Gough
Britiett 7Th Army
Byng
Amiens
Montdidier
Dr Schmaus
la Fere
Crown Prince
Tonaume Combles
Nesle
Albert
Somme
Noyon
Bomme
Avre
Ing Lima