TY - BOOK AU - Passingham,Ian TI - The German offensives of 1918: the last desperate gamble T2 - Campaign Chronicles SN - 9781844156368 U1 - 940.434 PAS PY - 2008/// PB - Pen & Sword Military KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Campaigns KW - Western Front KW - Germany KW - Offensive (Military science) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-177) and index N2 - Few pivotal years in history are less understood than that of 1918. It was a momentous period, which began with Germany's desperate gamble to win the Great War through a sequence of offensives on the Western Front. This text provies a compelling account of the last decisive year of the First World War ER -