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  • Formatas: Hardback, 304 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 232x148x28 mm, weight: 540 g, Black and white plate section
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Mar-2018
  • Leidėjas: Osprey Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1472829336
  • ISBN-13: 9781472829337
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 304 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 232x148x28 mm, weight: 540 g, Black and white plate section
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Mar-2018
  • Leidėjas: Osprey Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1472829336
  • ISBN-13: 9781472829337
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In 2018, the world will be commemorating the centenary of World War I. In many ways, 1918 was the most dramatic year of the conflict. After the defeat of Russia in 1917, the Germans were able to concentrate their forces on the Western Front for the first time in the war, and the German offensives launched from March 1918 onward brought the Western Allies close to defeat. Having stopped the German offensives, the Entente started its counter-attacks on all fronts with the assistance of fresh US troops, driving the Germans back and, by November 1918, the Central Powers had been defeated.

This new study will be a multi-author work containing ten chapters by some of the best historians of World War I from around the world writing today. It will provide an overview and analysis of the different levels of war for each of the main armies involved within the changing context of the reality of warfare in 1918. It will also look in detail at the war at sea and in the air, and consider the aftermath and legacy of World War I.



1918 saw the culmination of World War I, and saw the most dramatic and dynamic events on the battlefields of the Western Front since the opening shots in 1914. This wide-ranging collection of articles by some of the most renowned names in the subject explores the tumultuous events of the final year of the war.

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An important and thought-provoking collection of essays about 1918 written by ten of the worlds leading historians. -- Melody Foreman * Britain at War *

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This wide-ranging collection of articles by some of the most renowned names in the subject explores the tumultuous events of the final year of the First World War.
Contributors 9(6)
Foreword 15(7)
Nicholas Carter
Chapter 1 Introduction 22(16)
1918: the final year of World War 1 and its long shadow in history
22(16)
Matthias Strohn
Chapter 2 The German Army in 1918 38(31)
David T. Zabecki
Command, Organization, and Armament of the Kaiserheer of 1918
39(4)
Tactical Virtuosity
43(7)
Operational Ineptitude
50(11)
Strategic Bankruptcy
61(1)
Political Chaos
62(7)
Chapter 3 The French Army in 1918 69(28)
David Murphy
The Strategic Context
70(1)
Command
71(4)
Strategy and Doctrine
75(4)
Weapons: Artillery and Tanks
79(4)
Defensive Operations
83(7)
Offensive Operations
90(4)
Legacy-The 'Poverty of Victory'
94(3)
Chapter 4 The British Army in 1918 97(31)
Jonathan Boff
Background
98(5)
Defence
103(5)
Offence
108(13)
Case Study: 46th Division Attacks The Hindenburg Line
121(5)
Conclusion
126(2)
Chapter 5 The US Army in 1918 128(28)
Mitch Yockelson
Organization of the AEF in 1917
130(1)
Amalgamation Issue
131(2)
Training At Home
133(1)
First Combat
134(1)
The AEF In the Aisne-Marne Campaign, July-August 1918
135(2)
American II Corp With the British
137(1)
Hindenburg Line Attack
138(5)
Pershing's Independent American Army
143(1)
St. Mihiel
144(8)
American Troops On the Italian Front
152(1)
The American Army Contribution in 1918
153(3)
Chapter 6 The Forgotten Fronts in Europe 156(20)
Russia, Italy, and the Balkans in 1918
156(20)
Lothar HobeIt
The Russian Revolution and the 'Bread Peace'
158(6)
A German Empire In the East? The Russian Civil War
164(3)
The Austro-Italian Duel
167(3)
The Soft Underbelly of the Central Powers
170(4)
Conclusion
174(2)
Chapter 7 The War Outside of Europe 176(21)
Rob Johnson
Strategy and Operations in East Africa, 1918
178(2)
Strategy and Operations in the Middle East, 1918
180(8)
Palestine and Syria, 1918
188(9)
Chapter 8 The Great War at Sea in 1918 197(18)
The role of sea power in achieving victory
197(18)
Michael Epkenhans
The North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
200(5)
The Baltic
205(2)
The Black Sea
207(1)
The Mediterranean
208(1)
The Adriatic
209(1)
The End Of The Great War
210(2)
Aftermath
212(1)
Conclusion
213(2)
Chapter 9 The Air Campaign of 1918 215(22)
James S. Corum
Breaking the Stalemate
215(1)
The Tactical Revolution
216(3)
Air Doctrine of the Major Powers in 1918
219(3)
The Aircraft of 1918
222(5)
The Great Offensives-March to November 1918
227(1)
The Great Spring Offensive
228(4)
The Allied Offensives-July-November 1918
232(5)
Chapter 10 Learning from 1918 on the Western Front 237(22)
Mungo Melvin
Introduction
237(2)
Interdependence
239(6)
Innovation
245(6)
Initiative
251(4)
Conclusion
255(4)
Endnotes 259(26)
Select Bibliography 285(8)
Glossary and Abbreviations 293(2)
Index 295
Dr Matthias Strohn was educated at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Oxford. He has lectured at Oxford University and the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham. Since 2006 he has been a lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and in 2011 he was also made a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham. He holds a commission in the German Army and is currently a member of the military attaché reserve. He has published widely on 20th century German and European military history. He lives in Surrey, UK.