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Marc Koralnik |
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1918
Strange Victory
A stunning final volume!
The outcome of the First World War is known to everyone. And yet, by focusing on the doubts, fears and fumbling moves of its protagonists at the time, Jean-Yves Le Naour recounts a year of suspense. With a novelist's skill, he resurrects the chaotic year that led to a strange Allied victory.
Three times in the spring of 1918 in March, April and May the French and British felt close to defeat. They seemed to be reliving September 1914! There was fighting on the Marne and panic in Paris, which was being bombarded. On all fronts, the situation was fraught: Since March 1918, the peace treaty signed with Bolshevik
Russia had released 1 million German troops in the west. A race against time began, with a single objective: to hold on. In 1918, nothing was certain and Germany could still win!
Like the previous volumes, this latest installment, based on previously unpublished accounts, reveals what was going on behind the scenes in politics and the military command: the rivalries between Petain, Foch and the British Douglas Haig, the clash of egos that paralyzed the situation to the point of compromising national
defense. The new factor, compared to 1914-1917 the military was now under the control of Clemenceau and Lloyd George. From one front to the next, Jean-Yves Le Naour takes us all the way to a deceptive victory, in which the joy of peace is overshadowed by the specter of future wars.
JEAN-YVES LE NAOUR holds a doctorate in history and specializes in the Great War. He is the author of numerous books on the subject including Les Soldats de la honte (Soldiers of shame) published by Perrin, for which he received the best history book award in 2010 Ouest France/ Société Générale.
Three times in the spring of 1918 in March, April and May the French and British felt close to defeat. They seemed to be reliving September 1914! There was fighting on the Marne and panic in Paris, which was being bombarded. On all fronts, the situation was fraught: Since March 1918, the peace treaty signed with Bolshevik
Russia had released 1 million German troops in the west. A race against time began, with a single objective: to hold on. In 1918, nothing was certain and Germany could still win!
Like the previous volumes, this latest installment, based on previously unpublished accounts, reveals what was going on behind the scenes in politics and the military command: the rivalries between Petain, Foch and the British Douglas Haig, the clash of egos that paralyzed the situation to the point of compromising national
defense. The new factor, compared to 1914-1917 the military was now under the control of Clemenceau and Lloyd George. From one front to the next, Jean-Yves Le Naour takes us all the way to a deceptive victory, in which the joy of peace is overshadowed by the specter of future wars.
JEAN-YVES LE NAOUR holds a doctorate in history and specializes in the Great War. He is the author of numerous books on the subject including Les Soldats de la honte (Soldiers of shame) published by Perrin, for which he received the best history book award in 2010 Ouest France/ Société Générale.
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Published 2016-10-01 by Perrin |