In the second volume devoted to the Western Front of World War I, Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne and at Passchendaele in 1917. He relates the offenses launched by Germany during the spring and summer of 1918 in an effort to achieve victory or a favorable peace before American manpower proved decisive.
In the second volume devoted to the Western Front of World War I, Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne and at ...