Hindenburg Line 1918: Haig's forgotten triumph

by McCluskey, Alistair

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Title Statements

Full title :Hindenburg Line 1918 : Haig's forgotten triumph / Alistair McCluskey, illustrated by Peter Dennis.

Summary

"From 26 September until 8 October 1918, the Allied armies in France launched their largest ever combined offensive on the Western Front of World War I. The British, French, American and Belgian armies launched four attacks in rapid succession across a 250km front between the Argonne and Flanders. At the centre of this huge assault the British First, Third and Fourth Armies, led by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, breached the formidable Hindenburg Line defences and drove the Kaiser's Army from its last fully prepared defensive position west of the German border. The impact of this defeat had a shattering effect on the Germans with their army admitting for the first time that an armistice was required to save it from annihilation."--Back cover.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Osprey
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:96 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1472820304, 9781472820303
oclc:ocn967056961
LC Classification:D546.5 46th
Dewey Decimal:940.436

The strategic situation -- Chronology -- Opposing commanders (Allied commanders ; German commanders) -- Opposing forces (The British Army ; The French Army ; The German Army ; Orders of battle) -- Opposing plans (Allied plans ; German plans)

The campaign ('An abundance of courage but too little technique', 26 September ; 'On this day we buried all our hopes of victory', 27 September ; 'The whole operation went like clockwork', 28 September ; 'As far as eye could see, our troops were pushing forward', 29 September ; 'The supply of OHL reserves can no longer be assumed', 30 September ' 'Casualties amongst the leaders were huge', 1 October ; The breakthrough is denied, 2 October ; No respite, 3 October ; A note is prepared, 4 October ; The last 'Cooee', 5 October ; Preparing the last blow, 6-7 October ; Endgame, 8 October)

Aftermath -- The battlefield today.

Subjects

Great Britain., Army Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Campagnes… History HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain HISTORY / Military / World War I. Military campaigns Western Front (World War (1914-1918)) World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- We…