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The Hundred Days Offensive
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Author : Andrew Langley
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2009
The Hundred Days Offensive written by Andrew Langley and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Four years into World War I, millions of soldiers had died or been badly wounded, and neither side could gain a clear advantage in the bloody conflict. In August 1918, one year after the United States entered the war, Allied troops launched an attack near Amiens, France. It was the first of many Allied offensives that would take place all along the Western Front during the next 100 days. These small but significant attacks helped the Allies gain the advantage and usher in the end of the war.
The Hundred Days Offensive
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-16
The Hundred Days Offensive written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-16 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "No compromise on the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong -- that is the Declaration of July 4th, 1918." - Winston Churchill, a month prior to the Hundred Days Offensive World War I, also known in its time as the "Great War" or the "War to End all Wars," was an unprecedented bloodbath in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man's capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant. As a result, World War I was the first truly industrial war, and it created a paradigm which reached its zenith with World War II and towards which virtually all equipment, innovation and training were dedicated throughout the Cold War and the remainder of the 20th century. To this day, modern warfare remains synonymous with tanks and mass infantry battles, although a confrontation of this nature has not occurred (except briefly during Operation Desert Storm) since World War II. For much of 1917, things went the Germans' way. With the Bolshevik Revolution underway, the Germans were able to move soldiers to the Western front as the Russians quit the war. Moreover, the Allied powers had failed badly in its Nivelle Offensive in May 1917 and suffered a defeat in November against at the Battle of Caporetto in Slovenia. Unbelievably, the French and British had not bothered to coordinate their commands until after those defeats: they finally formed a Supreme Council to coordinate their armies' movements and strategies. Despite those successes, when the United States joined the war in April 1917, it began mobilizing 4 million soldiers to join the war. The Central Powers knew that it would take months before the United States could land a substantial number of troops in Europe to join the fighting, and the Germans hoped to force the Allied powers to quit before the United States could make a difference. Thus, the Germans' Spring Offensive began in March 1918, using new infantry tactics to move on the most lightly defended points of the Allied trenches. The Germans quickly obtained a breakthrough and broke the Allied lines, pushing the Allied forces back nearly 40 miles, and the Germans were once again within less than 100 miles of Paris. Once again, however, the Allied powers halted the Germans' drive, with the help of reinforcing American and Australian troops. The Germans were right back where they started by July 1918, at which time about 10,000 Americans were arriving in France each day. The Allied powers began a counteroffensive known as the Hundred Days Offensive in August 1918 that was highly successful in pushing the Germans backward. In September, Bulgaria reached a separate armistice with the Allied powers, ceding control of the Balkans and cutting off German supplies. The defeated Ottoman Empire surrendered in late October. As the fortunes of the Central Powers waned, several lands in Austria-Hungary's empire began declaring independence. Finally, in November the German Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced into exile, and the Germans reached an armistice with the Allied powers at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918. World War I had finally ended. The Hundred Days Offensive: The History of the Final Campaign of World War I analyzes the last and bloodiest campaign of the war. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Hundred Days Offensive like never before, in no time at all.
Pals War
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Author : A. A. G. Whitehead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-07
Pals War written by A. A. G. Whitehead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-07 with categories.
It is 1918 and time is running out for the mighty German army ... The Americans have joined the war in numbers as the British and French forces face another bloody onslaught. The Germans are preparing for a last roll of the dice. They intend to split the French and British armies, drive a wedge between them, then charge for the Channel ports. The British will have to sue for peace. The French will be hammered by the brutal German war machine. The British need more intelligence if they are to scupper the plan. Once again, they need Daniel Byrne and his fearless Special Operations unit - The Knaves. The Knaves are a crack unit made up of childhood friends from the mining towns of the northeast of England. They are to be sent on perilous missions behind enemy lines as the war comes to a head on France's ravaged fields. Byrne's men must once more fight, not just for their lives, but for the survival of everything and everyone they hold dear. Daniel finally comes face to face with his nemesis as he foils the plot to sabotage the Armistice. In the concluding book in his military adventure series, AAG Whitehead's Pals War: The Hundred Days Offensive, skilfully blends historical fact and fiction in an all-action tribute the The Great War's unsung heroes. The pals experience the horror of war in all its macabre, frightening and tragic glory. But mixed with the horror is a journey of discovery of self, new lands and the true meaning of friendship. Praise for A. A. G. Whitehead... "A quite beautiful, compelling and topical story 100 years on from this terrible battle" - J McClelland on Passchendaele Calling About the Author... Andy (AAG) Whitehead was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He originally trained in the engineering sector. After a brief move to the Algarve he returned to the UK and joined the Fire Service. Towards the end of his 26-year career as a fireman he started to channel his active imagination to fuel his writing.
Road To Victory 1918
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
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Hundred Days
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Author : Nick Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-11-07
Hundred Days written by Nick Lloyd and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with History categories.
Nick Lloyd's Hundred Days: The End of the Great War explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent. The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in modern European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this compelling and ground-breaking new study, Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, Hundred Days traces the epic story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Using unpublished archive material from five countries, this new account reveals how the Allies - British, French, American and Commonwealth - managed to beat the German Army, by now crippled by indiscipline and ravaged by influenza, and force her leaders to seek peace. 'This is a powerful and moving book by a rising military historian. Lloyd's depiction of the great battles of July-November provides compelling evidence of the scale of the Allies' victories and the bitter reality of German defeat' Gary Sheffield (Professor of War Studies) 'Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historians with this admirable account of the war's final campaign' Publishers Weekly Nick Lloyd is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command & Staff College in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. He specialises in British military and imperial history in the era of the Great War and is the author of two books, Loos 1915 (2006), and The Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day (2011).
1918 Catastrophe To Victory
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Author : John Buchan
language : en
Publisher: Leonaur Limited
Release Date : 2018-06-07
1918 Catastrophe To Victory written by John Buchan and has been published by Leonaur Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-07 with History categories.
The final battles to Allied victory in the West The German Ludendorff Spring Offensive, launched at the Allied lines in Spring 1918, proved to be perilously close the right solution to achieve battlefield victory. Typically for German initiatives it was meticulously planned with coordinated operations working along an established critical timeline. While initially highly successful, the advance took longer than expected and Allied tenacity resulted in ill-conceived remedial actions which stalled the rapid progress upon which ultimate success depended. Allied commanders noted well the most effective components of the German modus operandi and were able to take advantage of its inherent weaknesses, which were exacerbated by Germany's comparatively limited and irreplaceable--in contrast to the Allied situation--resources in men and materiel. As it became clear the German attack had run out of impetus the Allies turned to the offensive and their own attack was launched in early August, 1918. Refined versions of the German grand-tactics were now turned upon them to great effect. This was at last a mobile campaign to be fought over terrain which favoured a rapid advance by all the resources the combined Allied armies could bring to bear. By mid-November the remaining forces of the Central Powers had been defeated, had recoiled towards the frontiers of their homelands and had agreed to an armistice which ended the First World War. How the Allied armies near defeat was so resolutely turned to total triumph in less than four months is the fascinating subject of this book by John Buchan which is supported by many maps, illustrations and photographs. A companion book, '1918--Catastrophe to Victory--the German 'Ludendorff' Spring Offensive' by Buchan, which describes the events which led to the Hundred Days Offensive, is also available from Leonaur. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Hundred Days Aubrey Maturin Book 19
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Author : Patrick O’Brian
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-12-19
The Hundred Days Aubrey Maturin Book 19 written by Patrick O’Brian and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-19 with Fiction categories.
Napoleon has escaped from Elba – the Hundred Days have begun.
Hundred Days
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Author : Nick Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-01-28
Hundred Days written by Nick Lloyd and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-28 with History categories.
In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-known as the Hundred Days Campaign-saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had decimated Europe. In Hundred Days, acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel-as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers-helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe.
The Hundred Day Winter War
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Author : Gordon F. Sander
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2013-06-26
The Hundred Day Winter War written by Gordon F. Sander and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-26 with History categories.
When the Red Army invaded Finland in November 1939 most observers expected a walkover. Instead, in a gallant stand that captured the world's imagination, the tiny Finnish army was able to hold off Stalin's mechanized echelons for 105 days. Gordon F. Sander peels away the layers of myth surrounding this Nordic Thermopylae to reveal the conflict in its full military, political, and cultural contexts. A bestseller in Finland, the English-language version of Sander's book draws on interviews with both Finnish and Russian veterans of the war, in addition to a bountiful archive of articles from both the Western and Finnish press, to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date single-volume history of the war. Written in "real time" to give the reader a you-are-there feeling, the book describes the Finns' stunning defeat of the Soviets' initial massive offensive, including the destruction of several Red divisions by Finnish ski troops; the deceptively calm January interregnum, when the two sides engaged in a complicated diplomatic minuet; and the final, titanic Red assault itself, which finally drove the Finns to the peace table-though not before they had forged one of the great legends of modern military history. Using his intimate knowledge of Finland and Finnish history, the author explains how the Finns' winter skills, their innate sisu, or toughness, and their devotion to both their young republic and their brilliant and inspiring commander-in-chief, Gustaf Mannerheim, together enabled them to make their historic stand. Sander explores such oft-ignored aspects of the conflict as Finnish press censorship; the abortive Allied "rescue mission" across Scandinavia that was a factor in Stalin's surprising decision to bring the war to a halt; the Kremlin's novel use of paratroopers in the war; and the pivotal role played by the Lotta Svard, the Finnish all-purpose women's auxiliary. Illustrating Sander's fast-paced text are nearly 50 photographs, including numerous never-seen-before images of both the battlefront and the home front. Hailed by Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's leading daily, as "a bittersweet morality play" that "opens up this quintessentially Finnish tale to a much wider and admiring readership" and by STT, Finland's leading news agency, as "an outstanding book that combines brilliant writing with a rock-solid factual foundation," Sander's compelling book fills a key gap in the record of the Second World War.
The Marne 15 July 6 August 1918
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Author : Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson
language : en
Publisher:
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