DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

The First World War, Vol. 3

The Western Front 1917-1918

Peter Simkins author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:24th Jul '03

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The First World War, Vol. 3 cover

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 debunking several myths and assumptions about the conduct of war on the Western Front, the author also looks at the aftermath and legacy of the war to end wars.

ISBN: 9780415968430

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 340g

96 pages