1918: The Decisive Year in Soldiers' own Words and Photographs

1918: The Decisive Year in Soldiers' own Words and Photographs Author:Richard van Emden Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:6.8" x 9.56" Pages:384 Photos:150 color illustrations Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781526752321 Item No. 9781526752321 1918: The Decisive Year in Soldiers' own Words and Photographs is the next volume in the remarkable series of books from the best-selling First World War historian Richard van Emden. Revisiting the winning formula of diaries and memoirs, and above all original photographs taken on illegally held cameras by the soldiers themselves, Richard tells the story of 1918, of both the ferocious spring offensive that so nearly brought victory for the Germans in the West, and the tenacious British rearguard fight that thwarted them. The book also tells the vivid story of the Allied breakthrough and the return to open warfare that was to bring victory in November 191