The Battle of Arras
At the beginning of 1917, the British and French were still searching for a way to achieve a strategic breakthrough on the Western Front.
The previous year had been marked by the costly success of the Franco–British offensive astride the river Somme, while the French had been unable to take the initiative because of intense German pressure at Verdun until after August 1916. Both battles consumed enormous quantities of resources while achieving virtually no strategic gains on the battlefield. Nonetheless, the cost to Germany of containing the Anglo-French attacks had been high, and given that the material preponderance of the Entente and its allies could only be expected to increase in 1917.
Aerial observation was hazardous work as, for best results, the aircraft had to fly at slow speeds and low altitude over the German defences. It became even more dangerous with the arrival of the "Red Baron", Manfred von Richthofen, with his highly experienced and better-equipped "Flying Circus" in March 1917.
Its deployment led to sharply increased casualty rates among Allied pilots and April 1917 was to become known as Bloody April.
Planeset:
Allies(British)
F.1 Camel
F.2B
Axis(Germany)
D.VII
DR.1
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