Battles of the First World War Podcast · Mike Cunha

Second Marne - Mangin on the Matz

·44 min·4 clips
The Germans fired 1.4 million shells in just over three hours, a third of them gas, during the Matz attack.
This episode analyzes the Battle of the Matz in June 1918, focusing on the German offensive Gneisenau and the French counterattack led by General Charles Mangin. It details the massive artillery bombardments, the use of tanks in combat, and the tactical shifts that marked a turning point on the Western Front.
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