Jonathan Boff: 2 books
Winning and Losing on the Western Front
The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
The 'Hundred Days' campaign of 1918 remains a neglected aspect of the First World War. Why was the German army defeated on the Western Front? Did its morale collapse or was it beaten by the improved military effectiveness of a British army which had climbed a painful 'learning curve' towards modern...
1918
Winning the War, Losing the War
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
In 2018, the world will be commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War. 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...