01505cam a22002531 4500 2715 FISKH 20240111093846.0 750512t19631962nyua 000 0 eng 62010104 (OCoLC)1327756 DLC FM OCoLC DLC D530 .P5 1963 940.43 Pitt, Barrie. 1918 the last act barrie pitt Corgi edition published 1965 New York, Cassel 1962 318 pages : illustrations 22 cm. By 1918, after three years of war, Europe was weary of the stalemate and the terrible slaughter on the Western Front. The Russian Front had collapsed but the United States had abandoned her neutral stance and joined the Allies. So the stage was set for what would be the last year of the Great War. Acclaimed historian Barrie Pitt describes the savage battles that raged unceasingly along the Western Front, and analyses the policies of the warring powers and studies the men who led them. From the German onslaught of 21st March 1918 - the Kaiser's Battle designed to force a resolution before America's armies could tip the balance - through the struggles in Champagne and the Second Battle of the Marne to the turning point in August and final victory, the author gathers together scattered material to make an enthralling book. World War, 1914-1918. 7 cbc oclcrpl u ncip 19 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 2715 2715 1 0 ddc 1 0 NFIC 001 001 TKSNF 2024-01-11 0 PIT 940.4 D530.P5 2024-0012 2024-01-11 08:47:50 2024-01-11 BK