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19 - ‘Ludendorff’s Hammer’: The Western Offensive of 1918

from Part III - Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2022

Holger Afflerbach
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
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This chapter analyses the German offensives in 1918 and Ludendorff’s plan. It states that there was no clear alternative discussed in the time. It shows how the attack was prepared, what its objectives and intentions were, and describes the five following large attacks and their strategic failure, despite their tactical successes.

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On a Knife Edge
How Germany Lost the First World War
, pp. 344 - 376
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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