1918 : a very British victory / Peter Hart
2008, First Edition. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Fine cloth copy in a fine, very slightly edge-bumped dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #472335
ISBN: 9780297846529
Physical description; vii, 552 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 522-540) and index. Contents; Of mice and men -- The best-laid schemes -- 21 March 1918 -- Retreat to the Somme -- Desperate measures -- Turning the tide -- Battle for Flanders: 9 April 1818 -- Battle on the Aisne: 27 May 1918 -- Planning for the 'All Arms Battle' -- The Black Day: Amiens, 8 August 1918 -- Advance to the Somme -- With our American friends at the Front -- Breaking the Hindenburg Line -- Germany falling -- This is the end: 11 November 1918. Subjects; Hindenberg, Paul von, Ludendorf, Erich Frederick Wilhelm, Haig, Sir Douglas, Foch, Ferdinand Jean Marie. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. World War, 1914-1918 ; Personal narratives, British. World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns. German Spring Offensive, 1918. Amiens, Battle of, 1918.
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