The last battle
Subtitle: endgame on the Western Front, 1918
By: Peter Hart
Publisher: Profile Books Limited
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781781254837; 9781781254820
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918; Military campaigns
First sentence: By the start of 1918 it seemed as if all the participants were approaching exhaustion.
Description: By August 1918, the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt: the Allies would win. But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out - would the Germans hold on, prolonging the fighting deep into 1919, with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives, or could the war be won in 1918? In 'The last battle', Peter Hart brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war, as men fought to secure victory, with survival seemingly only days, or hours away. Drawing on the experience of both generals and ordinary soldiers, and dwelling with equal weight on strategy, tactics and individual experience, this is a powerful and detailed account of history's greatest endgame.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; label: 1
title: Where are we?
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Battle of Meuse-Argonne
pagenum: 54; label: 3
title: Battle of Canal du Nord
pagenum: 100; label: 4
title: Fifth Battle of Ypres and Battle of Courtrai
pagenum: 119; label: 5
title: Battle of St Quentin Canal and Beaurevoir
pagenum: 156; label: 6
title: Advance to the Selle
pagenum: 205; label: 7
title: Battle of Selle
pagenum: 220; label: 8
title: Catching Up
pagenum: 243; label: 9
title: Americans on the Meuse
pagenum: 265; label: 10
title: Battle of the Sambre
pagenum: 278; label: 11
title: Day of Days, 11 November 1918
pagenum: 327; label: 12
title: Aftermath
pagenum: 355; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 397; title: Notes
pagenum: 400; title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: 432; title: Index
pagenum: 435