Pen and Sword Books: The German Offensives of 1918 by Ian Passingham

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The German Offensives of 1918
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The Last Desperate Gamble
by Ian Passingham
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Found in: World War One Books
Series: Campaign Chronicles
Hardback
208 pages
ISBN: 9781844156368
Published: 17 April 2008
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Few pivotal years in history are less understood than that of 1918. It was a momentous period, which began with Germany's desperate gamble to win the Great War through a sequence of offensives on the Western Front. Ian Passingham's graphic new study draws on a wide range of original German, British and French sources, and it features previously unpublished eyewitness accounts and photographs. He boldly reassesses German military doctrine, the strategic thinking behind the offensives and the effectiveness of the stormtroop tactics used. He also considers how the poor state of German military morale and the privations and unrest of the German people contributed to the army's defeat.
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The whole of 1918 proved to be momentous as Germany began its last desperate gamble to win the war through a sequence of offensives on the Western Front. The first of these was launched in... [read full review]
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