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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…


ONLINE: 'Countering the U-Boat threat in 1917' by David Stevenson

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About this talk: In 1917, the Imperial German Navy adopted a policy of 'unrestricted' submarine warfare (that is, sinking without warning). They set a target of sinking 600,000 tons of British merchant shipping per month. The aim was to so disrupt supplies that Britain would be obliged to sue for peace within six months. This talk examines: Why …