2018 50c The Battle of Amiens The Western Front Uncirculated Coin

Early on the morning of 8 August 1918, fire from thousands of British and French guns crashed down onto the German positions south of the Somme River. Australian and Canadian troops spearheaded the allied counteroffensive from positions east of Villers-Bretonneux and gained over 24 kilometres of German-occupied territory. Amiens was a significant allied victory that marked the beginning of the end of fighting on the Western Front. German General Erich Ludendorff called it “the black day of the German Army”.