Five Days from Defeat: March 1918 [electronic resource] : How Britain Nearly Lost the First World War
Reid, Walter2017
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On 21 March 1918 Germany initiated one of the most ferocious and offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on allied positions in a series of ferocious attacks which caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces and drove the British back towards the Channel ports. Five days later, as the German advance continued, one of the most dramatic summits of the war took place in Doullens. The outcome was to have extraordinary consequences. For the first time an allied supreme commander – the French General Foch – was appointed to command all the allied armies, while the statesmen realized that unity of purpose rather than national interest was ultimately the key to success.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Birlinn, 2017
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9780857909411
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English
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1069400