96 Pages
by
Routledge
In this second volume devoted to the Western Front of World War I, Peter Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne, and at Passchendaele in 1917. The book moves on to relate the successive offenses launched by Germany during the spring and summer of 1918 in an effort to achieve victory or a favorable peace before American manpower proved decisive. Questioning and... Read more
Volume 3: The Western Front 1917-1918, Introduction; Chronology; Background to war Strategic choices for 1917; Warring sides The opposing armies; The fighting War on the Western Front, 1917β1918; Portrait of a soldier Private Frederick βFenβ Noakes; The world around war The home fronts 1917β1918; Portrait of a civilian Caroline Webb; How the war ended The final month; Further reading; Index.
Biography
Peter Simkins
