They had to helplessly give up the defense line they had painfully formed after giving up Arras.
The northern ports that had been endlessly pouring out supplies suddenly stopped due to the rapidly changing war situation, and the British Army was isolated.
Amiens, the crown jewel of Allied logistics and the greatest military strongpoint of the northern front, fell into enemy hands. This vital railway hub, where countless supply lines converged like arteries to a heart, was now silent under German control. Its fall was not just tactical, but strategic - a mortal wound to Allied operations in the sector.
Pétain's Central Army Group, which had always performed its role well since the war of attrition began, stalwart defenders who had held firm against countless German offensives, had to retreat dozens of kilometers. It was a bitter pill for these proud units who had known nothing but steadfast resistance.
