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Hundred Days (Hardcover)
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Hundred Days (Hardcover)
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In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless,
stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month
struggle that ensued--known as the Hundred Days Campaign--saw some
of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the
Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the
conflict that had decimated Europe.
In "Hundred Days," acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads
readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely
arrival of American men and materiel--as well as the bravery of
French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers--helped to turn the tide
on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had
endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve
through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no man's
land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the
impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using
surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks
and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and
forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a
formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a
massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine
and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace.
An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the
revolutionary streets of Berlin, "Hundred Days" recalls the bravery
and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe.
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