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The German Offensives of 1918 by Martin Kitchen

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Tempus Publishing, 2001, £25, 283pp, index, illus. ISBN 0 7524 1799 1 [This review first appear in the April 2002 edition of Stand To! No. 64. This review and the entire archive of Stand To are available to members via thier Member Login]. Publishers have recently shown two welcome trends in writing about the Western Front. Because of the po…

The German Offensives of 1918: The Last Desperate Gamble by Ian Passingham

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Pen and Sword, £19.99, 181pp, 43 ills, 3 mps, 8appendices, notes, bilio, index. ISBN 184415762-8 Whilst Ian Passingham’s account of the German Spring Offensives of 1918 has enjoyed some harsh judgment on the Great War Forum, it would be a great mistake to over-egg the critical pudding. Whilst Martin Kitchen’s The German Offensives of 1918, publi…

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

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Publisher‏: ‎ Allen Lane (2011) Hardcover‏: ‎ 688 pages, Glossary, index, maps, photographs ISBN‏: ‎ 978-0713998405 In With Our Backs to the Wall Professor David Stevenson sets out to explain why the First World War ended in 1918, how it ended and why the Allies outlasted their enemies. Employing rigorous scholarship, the reader is provided with…