To Win a War: 1918, the Year of Victory
by John Terraine
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This work describes how after all the setbacks of the previous years, in 1918 the British Army conclusively defeated the German Army in the field and thereby realized the final defeat of Germany by the Allies.Tags
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The author thinks Haig unfairly maligned and that the victory in 1918 was won largely by the British army, in a string of battles starting on the 14th of July and finishing on the 9th of November
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John Terraine was educated at Stamford School and Keble College, Oxford. For sheer scholarship, the quality and accessibility of his writing and for his debunking of historical myths, Terraine was one of the outstanding military historians of the 20th century. He is known for his persistent defence of Douglas Haig and as the lead screenwriter on show more the BBC's landmark 1960s documentary The Great War. Other books written by John Terraine are The Smoke and The Fire and The Western Front 1914-1918, both published by Pen and Sword Books. show less
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