 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peOperation Michael, Germany yakatanga Operation Georgette mukurwisana nezviteshi zvengarava zvokuchamhembe kweEnglish Channel. VaAllies vakamisa kufamba pashure pokunge Germany yawana nzvimbo shomanene. Mauto eGermany kumaodzanyemba akazoita Operation Blücher neYork, achisundira zvakanyanya kuParis. Germany yakatanga Operation Marne Hondo yechipiri yeMarnemusi wa15 July, vachiedza kukomba Reims. Kurwisa kwakaguma nako, uko kwakatanga Kurwisa Kwemazuva Ane zana, kwakaratidzira kurwisa kwekutanga kwakabudirira kweVashandi vehondo. Pakazosvika 20 Chikunguru, maGerman akanga adzokerazve mhiri kweMarne kunzvimbo dzavakatanga, vasina kubudirira zvakanyanya, uye Mauto eGerman haana kuzombodzoka zvakare. Kurasikirwa kweGermany pakati paMarch naApril 1918 kwakanga kuri 270 000, kubatanidza vazhinji varwi vakadzidziswa zvikuru. 