Winning and Losing on the Western Front
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Winning and Losing on the Western Front

The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918

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eBook - PDF

Winning and Losing on the Western Front

The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918

About this book

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 combined arms warfare? This revealing insight into the crucial final months of the First World War uses state-of-the-art methodology to present a rounded case study of the ability of both armies to adapt to the changing realities they faced. Jonathan Boff draws on both British and German archival sources, some of them previously unseen, to examine how representative armies fought during the 'Hundred Days' campaign. Assessing how far the application of modern warfare underpinned the British army's part in the Allied victory, the book highlights the complexity of modern warfare and the role of organisational behaviour within it.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Winning and Losing on the Western Front
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Maps
  7. Plates
  8. Figures
  9. Tables
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Abbreviations
  12. Maps
  13. Introduction: ‘an unknown story’
  14. 1: The advance to victory
  15. 2: Manpower and training
  16. 3: Materialschlacht
  17. 4: Morale
  18. 5: British tactics: ‘the true elixir’
  19. 6: The German tactical response
  20. 7: British operations and command
  21. 8: The failure of German command
  22. Conclusion: winning and losing on the Western Front
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index