GERMAN OFFENSIVES OF 1918
The Last Desperate Gamble

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There are still far to few books on the First World War that cover the decisive year of 1918, and even fewer that look at it from the German point of view. This book is a very useful addition to this field. Ian Passingham gives us a brisk and readable picture of the events leading to the Kaiserschlacht, the series of German offensives in early 1918 and the others that followed, which attempted to break the allied armies and bring a swift victory to Germany. In this they failed and the book helps us to understand why.

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graphic study draws on a wide range of original German, British and French sources, and it features previously unpublished eyewitness accounts and photographs.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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Product Code:	20716
Author:	Ian Passingham
ISBN:	9781844156368
Format:	HB 208 pp Illustrated Published Price £19.99
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