Jagdgeschwader II (Fighter Wing II, or JG II) was created because Manfred von Richthofen's "Jagdgeschwader I" demonstrated the advantages of massed fighter air power. The German General Staff decided to establish two more fighter wings. They were planning a mid-March offensive, and wanted to back each of the three attacking Armees with a fighter wing. Thus "Jagdgeschwader II" was founded on 2 February 1918 in the 7th Armee sector of the Western Front.