The Weight of Attack and Training Tactics in Operation Michael
- The main weight of attack in Operation Michael was between Arras and St. Quentin, with 27 divisions from the 18th Army. Mobile divisions were added to the operation, bringing the total to 44 divisions. These divisions underwent intense training, emphasizing rapid advance and coordination with artillery.
- The mobile divisions in Operation Michael were withdrawn for training, focusing on the offensive in trench warfare and incorporating lessons learned. The divisions were equipped with light machine-guns, mortars, and rifle grenades. However, there was a shortage of horses and fodder.
- In the north, German armies planned to attack the Flesquières salient and divide the British and French armies. The 18th Army attacked on either side of St. Quentin, while the two northern armies targeted the British position in Arras. In the south, the goal was to reach the Somme and hold the river line against French counter-attacks.
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The main weight of attack was between Arras and a few kilometres south of St. Quentin, where the 18th Army had 27 divisions. Forty-four divisions were allocated to Operation Michael and called mobile divisions, which were brought up to full strength in manpower and equipment. Men over 35 years old were transferred, a machine-gun unit, air support and a communications unit were added to each division and the supply and medical branches were re-equipped but a chronic shortage of horses and fodder could not be remedied. Around the new year the mobile divisions were withdrawn for training according to Der Angriff im Stellungskriege und einige Verfügungen, die in den Erfahrungen über den Angriff ihren Niederschlag finden (The Offensive in Trench Warfare and Some Regulations that reflect Lessons Learned about the Offensive). Training emphasised rapid advance, the silencing of machine-guns and maintaining communication with the artillery, to ensure that infantry and the creeping barrage moved together. Infantry were issued with light machine-guns, mortars and rifle grenades and intensively trained. Thirty divisions were trained in the new tactics but had a lower scale of equipment than the elite divisions and the remainder were stripped of material to supply them, giving up most of their remaining draught animals. In the north, two German armies would attack either side of the Flesquières salient, created during the Battle of Cambrai. The 18th Army, transferred from the Eastern Front, planned its attack either side of St. Quentin, to divide the British and French armies. The two northern armies would then attack the British position around Arras, before advancing north-west to cut off the BEF in Flanders. In the south, it was intended to reach the Somme and then hold the line of the river against any French counter-attacks; the southern advance was extended to include an advance across the Somme. In the north, the Third Army (General Julian Byng), defended the area from Arras south to the Flesquières Salient. To the south, the Fifth Army held the line down to the junction with the French at Barisis.
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＞The main weight of attack was between Arras and a few kilometres south of St. Quentin, where the 18th Army had 27 divisions. Forty-four divisions were allocated to Operation Michael and called mobile divisions, which were brought up to full strength in manpower and equipment. Men over 35 years old were transferred, a machine-gun unit, air support and a communications unit were added to each division and the supply and medical branches were re-equipped but a chronic shortage of horses and fodder could not be remedied. ⇒攻撃の主な重点は、アラスとその数キロ南のサン・ケンタンとの間にあって、そこでは第18方面軍が27個師団を擁していた。44個師団が「ミヒャエル作戦行動」に配属され、モバイル（機動隊）師団と呼ばれて、人力と装備で大きな力を発揮した。35歳以上の男性兵士が移送され、機関銃、航空支援、連絡部隊が各師団に追加され、供給・医療部門は再装備されたが、馬や飼料の慢性的な不足は改善されなかった。 ＞Around the new year the mobile divisions were withdrawn for training according to Der Angriff im Stellungskriege und einige Verfügungen, die in den Erfahrungen über den Angriff ihren Niederschlag finden (The Offensive in Trench Warfare and Some Regulations that reflect Lessons Learned about the Offensive). Training emphasised rapid advance, the silencing of machine-guns and maintaining communication with the artillery, to ensure that infantry and the creeping barrage moved together. Infantry were issued with light machine-guns, mortars and rifle grenades and intensively trained. ⇒新しい年が明けたころに、モバイル機動隊師団は、「塹壕戦における攻勢と、攻勢に関する教訓とを反映するいくつかの規制」に従った訓練のために撤退した。歩兵隊と纏いつく集中砲撃との連動を確実にするために、高速の進軍、機関銃の消音、砲兵隊との通信維持などの訓練が強調された。歩兵隊には、軽機関銃、迫撃砲、ライフル手榴弾が支給され、集中訓練が施された。 ＞Thirty divisions were trained in the new tactics but had a lower scale of equipment than the elite divisions and the remainder were stripped of material to supply them, giving up most of their remaining draught animals. In the north, two German armies would attack either side of the Flesquières salient, created during the Battle of Cambrai. The 18th Army, transferred from the Eastern Front, planned its attack either side of St. Quentin, to divide the British and French armies. ⇒30個師団が新しい戦術で訓練されたが、エリート師団よりも装備の規模が小さかったので、残余の師団が、残りの荷役動物の大半を譲り渡した。北部では、2個のドイツ方面軍が「カンブレの戦い」の間に造られたフレズキエール突出部の両側を攻撃するだろうと思われた。東部戦線から移管された第18方面軍が、サン・ケンタンの両側を攻撃して、英国軍とフランス軍を分裂させた。 ＞The two northern armies would then attack the British position around Arras, before advancing north-west to cut off the BEF in Flanders. In the south, it was intended to reach the Somme and then hold the line of the river against any French counter-attacks; the southern advance was extended to include an advance across the Somme. In the north, the Third Army (General Julian Byng), defended the area from Arras south to the Flesquières Salient. To the south, the Fifth Army held the line down to the junction with the French at Barisis. ⇒その時、2個の北部方面軍がアラス周辺の英国軍陣地を攻撃し、その後フランドルのBEFを切断するために北西へ進軍した。それは南部でソンムに到達し、フランス軍の反撃に対して川の戦線を保持することを意図していた。南部の進軍はソンムを渡る進軍を含むように延長された。北部では、第3方面軍（ユリアン・ビング将軍）がアラス南部からフレズキエール突出部までの領域を守った。第5方面軍はバリシスにあるフランス軍との交錯点まで戦線を南下させた。
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The precedent of a German withdrawal to a prepared position followed by a counter-attack, which had occurred in 1914 was noted and that reserves freed by the retirement, would give the Germans an opportunity to attack the flanks of the withdrawal area. Nivelle had already decided to use the French troops released by the shorter front to reinforce the line in Champagne. British preparations for the attack at Arras were to proceed, with a watch kept for a possible German attack in Flanders and preparations for the attack on Messines Ridge were to continue. The pursuit of the German army was to be made in the Fourth Army area with advanced guards covered by the cavalry and cyclists attached to each corps and the 5th Cavalry Division. Larger forces were not to move east of a line from the Canal du Nord to the Somme south of Péronne until roads, bridges and railways had been repaired. The boundary of the Fourth Army and French Third Army was set from south of Nesle, through Offroy to St. Quentin.
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