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Doullens Conference
The Doullens Conference was held in Doullens, France on March 26, 1918 between French and British military leaders. The purpose of the conference was to better coordinate the British and French military operations on the Western Front.
== Cause ==
On March 21, 1918 the German Armies attacked all along the Western front with the goal of breaking the Allied lines before American forces could land in Europe; the Spring Offensive (''Kaiserschlacht'' or ''Kaiser's Battle''), which started with Operation Michael.〔Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, and John S. D. Eisenhower, ''World War I: A Student Encyclopedia'' (ABC-CLIO, 2005), 587〕 Three days later the tactic seemed to be working as General Sir Hubert Gough's Fifth Army was overwhelmed and it seemed quite likely that the Germans would break through the French and British lines. This was made possible largely due to the lack of coordination between French army commander General Philippe Pétain and British commander Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.
It became quite clear that better coordination between the Allies was needed to prevent a German breakthrough. The Allies decided to meet at Dury, France on the 26th but moved the meeting to Doullens because Field Marshal Haig had already planned to meet with his commanders there. There was some concern that the advancing Germans may actually overrun the town of Doullens before the conference but the conference was successful.〔Rod Paschall, Colonel Rod Paschall, and John S. D. Eisenhower, ''The Defeat of Imperial Germany 1917-1918'' (Da Capo Press, 1994), 144〕 The meeting involved General Petain, French President Raymond Poincaré, Premier Georges Clemenceau, General Ferdinand Foch, and General Maxime Weygand; Lord Milner, Field Marshal Haig, and Generals Henry Wilson, Herbert Lawrence, and Archibald Montgomery were the British representatives.〔Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, and John S. D. Eisenhower, ''World War I: A Student Encyclopedia'' (ABC-CLIO, 2005), 588〕
The conference was somewhat successful in its attempt to form a more unified command. The basic goal was to appoint a ‘commander-in-chief’ with enough authority to manage all Allied operations. The members attending the conference believed that General Ferdinand Foch had shown the best leadership and perseverance and therefore put him in charge of all the Allied armies on the Western Front. One of Foch's more inspiring statements at the conference clearly showing his perseverance was "You aren't fighting? I would fight without a break. I would fight in front of Amiens. I would fight in Amiens. I would fight behind Amiens. I would fight all the time. I would never surrender".〔Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, ''World War I'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001), 357〕
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