The German Offensives of 1918 (Battles & Campaigns)
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Book Description
A groundbreaking campaign history of the Kaiser's 1918 Western Front offensives-attacks that very nearly won the First World War for Imperial Germany. On March 21, 1918 the German Army launched a massive offensive on the Western Front in a last desperate attempt to score a decisive victory. The results were spectacular. They advanced up to 60 kilometers, further by far than the British and French had managed in their offensives on the Somme, the Aisne and at Ypres. Then the offensive gradually lost momentum, the French counter-attacked in July, the British in August, and the Germans finally lost the initiative.
Martin Kitchen, a leading authority on the military history of Germany, provides a gripping account of this critical campaign during which the Germans seemed so close to victory and yet were soon to face a humiliating defeat.
About the Author
Martin Kitchen is one of the world's leading experts on twentieth-century German military history. He is the author of The German Officer Corps 1890-1914, The Silent Dictatorship: The Polices of the German High Command under Hindenburg and Ludendorff 1916-1918, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany and Nazi Germany: A Critical Introduction, also published by Tempus. His next book, El Alamein, will be published by Tempus.
The German Offensives of 1918 (Battles & Campaigns),Martin Kitchen,Tempus Publishing, Limited,0752435272,History,History - Military / War,Military,Military - World War I,Battles & campaigns,European history: First World War,First World War, 1914-1918,GERMANY_HEER,Germany,History / Germany,WORLD WAR, 1914-1918_CAMPAIGNS
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