03905oam 22005414a 450 991079318550332120180818104151.00-253-03782-4(CKB)4100000005470300(OCoLC)1047635096(MdBmJHUP)muse69436(MiAaPQ)EBC5482784(EXLCZ)99410000000547030020180803d2018 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Generals’ War[electronic resource] Operational Level Command on the Western Front in 1918 /Major General David T. Ząbecki ; foreword by General Anthony ZinniBloomington, Indiana Indiana University Press[2018]1 online resource (1 PDF (xvii, 404 pages) :)illustrations, color maps, portraitsTwentieth-century battles0-253-03730-1 0-253-03701-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-387) and index.Generalship in the Great War -- Future shock on the 1914-1918 battlefield -- The strategic situation at the end of 1917 -- The commanders in chief -- The Yanks are coming -- Two conferences in November 1917 -- The gathering storm -- Michael and Georgette : Ludendorff versus Haig -- Blücher and Gneisenau : Ludendorff versus Foch and Petain -- Operation Marneschutz-Reims and the Second Battle of the Marne : Foch wrests the initiative -- Hamel to Mont St. Quentin : Haig assumes the offensive -- Closing to the Hindenburg Line : Foch tightens the vise -- The allied general offensive : Foch moves in for the kill -- Armistice and occupation : 11 November 1918-28 June 1919 -- The fluctuating verdict of history.Known as the war to end all wars and the Great War, World War I was the stage for a new form of mass destruction and violent chemical warfare. When the Bolsheviks pulled Russia out of the war in 1917, the Germans turned their offensive moves to the eastern front in hopes of winning the war in 1918. But as fresh American troops entered the front, the scales tipped against Germany. Some of the most critical factors in the outcome of World War I were decisions made by the key commanders in Germany and in the Ally troops. The General's War explores the military strategies of the most senior generals of the last year of the Great War. These six very different men included Germany's Field Marshals Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff; France's Marshals Ferdinand Foch and Philippe Petain; Great Britain's Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; and the United States's General John Pershing. Although they may have not been known as great captains at the time, these six men determined how World War I played out on the battlefields of the western front between November 1917 and November 1918. A landmark analysis of the generalship that resulted in a casualty count of one and a quarter million soldiers, The General's War is an intimate look at the senior commanders of the Great War.Twentieth-century battles.Military art and scienceHistory20th centuryCase studiesGeneralsHistory20th centuryCommand of troopsHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918CampaignsWestern FrontEuropefastWestern Front (World War (1914-1918))fastElectronic books. Military art and scienceHistoryGeneralsHistoryCommand of troopsHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Campaigns940.4144Zabecki David T.281540MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910793185503321The Generals’ War3758227UNINA