Hundred days : the campaign that ended World War I / Nick Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Nick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Basic Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Glossary; Preface: Death at Gouzeaucourt; Prologue: 'Surprise was complete'; 1. Decision on the Marne; 2. 'Neglect nothing'; 3. 'Death will have a rich harvest'; 4. 'Another black day'; 5. 'The incredible roar of massed guns'; 6. 'The whole thing was simply magnificent'; 7. Enter the Americans; 8. ' A country of horror and desolation'; 9. Return to the Wilderness; 10. 'Just one panorama of hell'; 11. The Tomb of the German World Empire; 12. 'The most desperate battle of our history'; 13. 'A last struggle of despair'

14. 'Cowards die many times'15. Armistice at Compiegne; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Select Bibliography; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: 9780670920068 Lloyd, Nick. London : Viking, 2013

ISBN:

1-5416-9795-2

0-465-07490-1

OCLC:

1034623202