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Author: James McWilliams
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2016-07-11
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 075097902X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn 8 August 1918, the Allied forces launched the surprise attack that heralded the end of the First World War. With skill and daring, 21 divisions of men breached the German lines, supported by 500 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. This book considers the successes and failures of both sides in this conflict.
Author: Alistair McCluskey
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2008-06-17
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846033032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the spring of 1918 of World War I (1914-1918), Germany had been on the offensive on the Western Front but had failed to break the Allies at any point. In July they had been forced back from the river Marne and were once again on the defensive. The Allies were now ready to increase the pressure. The Amiens area was selected and preparations were made in great secrecy with diversionary activity at other points on the line. 32 divisions were involved (twelve French, eight British, five Australian, four Canadian and one American) supported by over 500 tanks and overwhelming airpower. The first day saw an Allied advance of 5 miles across a 12-mile front, with over 27,000 German casualties. Progress was then less spectacular but by the time the battle ended on August 11 Germany had lost 75,000 men, and suffered a severe blow to morale. Amiens was notable for its successful application of the new combined-arms tactics, fully integrating infantry, artillery, armor and airpower at the commencement of the Allies' final, war-winning offensive. Published on the 90th anniversary of the battle, this book sets the strategic scene and clearly describes the fighting, highlighting the significance of the newly developed methods of war and detailing the troop movements that brought about the breakthrough and rapid advance that was achieved.
Author: Charles Messenger
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2008-09-18
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0297856189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow the British, ANZACs and Canadians finally broke the German army on the most decisive day of the Great War. The British attack at Amiens was the most decisive day of the Great War. In earlier offensives, a gain of a few hundred yards counted as a 'victory', but this time our troops advanced seven miles in a day and broke clean through the German defences. The long agony on the Western Front was nearly over. Spearheaded by tanks and armoured cars and supported by the RAF, the attack was led by the Australian and Canadian Corps, with British and French troops on the flanks. Elaborate deception measures were employed to ensure surprise. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, as well as eyewitness accounts, this book describes how the attack was conceived, the preparations, and the actual assault itself, as well as what happened on the subsequent days and how Amiens paved the way for the final victorious Allied advance.
Author: James McWilliams
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2016-07-11
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 075097902X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn 8 August 1918, the Allied forces launched the surprise attack that heralded the end of the First World War. With skill and daring, 21 divisions of men breached the German lines, supported by 500 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. This book considers the successes and failures of both sides in this conflict.
Author: Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson
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Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Randal Gray
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title describes how, using new "Storm Trooper" units and high-mobility tactics, the German Operation Kaiserschlacht shattered the front line, broke into open country and came within a hair's breadth of winning the First World War.
Author: Romain Fathi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-02-28
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1108650597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the time of the Armistice, Villers-Bretonneux - once a lively and flourishing French town - had been largely destroyed, and half its population had fled or died. From March to August 1918, Villers-Bretonneux formed part of an active front line, at which Australian troops were heavily involved. As a result, it holds a significant place in Australian history. Villers-Bretonneux has since become an open-air memorial to Australia's participation in the First World War. Successive Australian governments have valourised the Australian engagement, contributing to an evolving Anzac narrative that has become entrenched in Australia's national identity. Our Corner of the Somme provides an eye-opening analysis of the memorialisation of Australia's role on the Western Front and the Anzac mythology that so heavily contributes to Australians' understanding of themselves. In this rigorous and richly detailed study, Romain Fathi challenges accepted historiography by examining the assembly, projection and performance of Australia's national identity in northern France.
Author: Williamson R. Murray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-08-13
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780521637602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s.
Author: J. P. Harris
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of the '100 Days' campaign of the British Expeditionary Force, from 8 August to 11 November 1918. The author's aim is to rescue the campaign from the relative obscurity into which it has fallen and give it a central place in British military history and the development of the art of war.
Author: Martin Kitchen
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752435275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author of the bestselling Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany, this book offers a groundbreaking history of the Kaiser's 1918 Western Front offensives - attacks that very nearly won the war for Imperial Germany.
