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Operational Level Command on the Western Front in 1918

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2018
440 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03782-4 (ISBN)

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The Generals' War - David T. Zabecki
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The Generals' War is a landmark exploration of the generalship that shaped the very framework of modern warfare as we know it today and provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis on the senior commanders of the Great War.

- 2018 is the anniversary of the final battles of WWI

- Explores the military strategies of the senior generals from both sides of the war.

- The forward is written by General Zinni, USMC (RET) and the book is authored by Lt. General Zabecki (RET), both experts in military strategy.

Known as the War to End all Wars and the Great War, World War I introduced new forms of mass destruction and modern technological warfare. When the Bolsheviks pulled Russia out of the war in late 1917, the Germans turned their offensive efforts to the Western Front in an attempt to win the war in 1918. But as fresh American troops entered Europe, the strategic scales tipped against Germany.Much of how World War I played out turned on the plans and decisions of the senior-most German and Allied commanders. The Generals' War explores the military strategies of those generals during the last year of the Great War. These six very different men included Germany's Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff; France's Marshals Ferdinand Foch and Philippe Ptain; Great Britain's Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; and the United States' General John Pershing. Although history remembers none of them as great captains, these six officers determined for better or worse how World War I was fought on the battlefields of the Western Front between November 1917 and November 1918.The Generals' War is a landmark exploration of the generalship that shaped the very framework of modern warfare as we know it today and provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis on the senior commanders of the Great War.

lt;P>David T. Zabecki (Lt. Gen. Ret) is author or editor of nine military history books, including The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War, and the assistant editor of several military history encyclopedias. He is editor of Vietnam Magazine, the Senior Historian of the Weider History Group, the world's largest publisher of history magazines, and author of numerous articles, book reviews, and encyclopedia entries, all dealing with military topics.

Foreword by General Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret)


Table and Maps


Glossary


I. Generalship in the Great War


II. Battlefield Realities


  • The Calculus of War



  • The Technological Revolution in Military Affairs



  • The Three Paradigm Shifts



  • The Vast New Scope of Warfare



  • Fire, Maneuver, and Combined Arms



  • Tanks



  • Artillery



  • The Defensive



  • The Offensive


    • III. The Strategic Situation


  • Germany



  • France



  • Britain



    • IV. The Commanders-in-Chief


  • Reputations One Hundred Years On



  • Powers and Responsibilities



  • Military Concepts



  • Adaptability and Risk



  • Personal Backgrounds



  • Political Supporters and Critics



  • The Political and the Strategic



  • Military Allies and Rivals


    • V. The Yanks are Coming


    VI. Two Conferences in November 1917


  • The Allied Supreme War Council, Rapallo, 7 November



  • The German Planning Conference, Mons, 11 November


    • VII. The Gathering Storm


  • Vital Arteries and Jugulars



  • Bracing for the Deluge as Pétain and Foch Spar



  • Haig's Enemies, Front and Rear



  • Pershing Digs in His Heels



  • The Elusive General Reserve



  • Haig Spread Thin



  • Steel Wind Rising



    • VIII. MICHAEL and GEORGETTE


  • MICHAEL: 21 March to 5 April 1918



  • GEORGETTE: 9 to 29 April 1918


    • IX. GNEISENAU and BLÜCHER


  • Ludendorff Gropes for Plan B



  • The Allies Brace for Round Three



  • BLÜCHER: 27 May – 5 June 1918



  • GNEISENAU: 9 – 15 June 1918


    • X. MARNESCHUTZ-REIMS and the Second Battle of the Marne


  • Ludendorff Attacks Again: MARNESCHUTZ-REIMS (15-18 July 1918)



  • Foch Hits Back Hard: The Second Battle of the Marne (18 July – 5 August 1918)



  • Ludendorff vs. Foch



  • Foch vs Ludendorff


    • XI. Le Hamel to Mount St. Quentin


  • The Battle of Hamel (4 July 1918)



  • The Battle of Amiens (8-14 August)



  • The Battle of Montdidier (18-30 August)



  • The Second Battle of Bapaume (21 August–1 September)



  • The Battle of the Scarpe (26 August-2 September 1918)



  • The Battle of Péronne—Mont St. Quentin (31 August-4 September)



  • The Withdraw to the Hindenburg Line (2-9 September)



    • XII. Closing to the Hindenburg Line


  • The Saint-Mihiel Offensive (12-15 September)



  • The Battle of Havrincourt (12 September 1918)



  • The Battle of Épehy (18 September)


    • XIII. The Allied General Offensive


  • The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Phase I (26 September-3 October)



  • The Battle of Canal du Nord (27 September-1 October)



  • The Fifth Battle of Ypres (28 September-2 October)



  • The Battles of the St Quentin Canal and the Beaurevoir Line (29 September-6 October)



  • The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Phase II (4-28 October)



  • The Second Battle of Cambrai (8-10 October)



  • The Battle of Courtrai and the Closure to the Dutch Border (14-27 October)



  • The French First Army Attacks Across the Serre River (15-27 October)



  • The Battle of the Selle (17-27 October)



  • Foch Maps Out Future Allied Operations (19 October-14 November)



  • Exit Ludendorff (26 October)



  • The Battle of Valenciennes (1-3 November)



  • The Second Battle of the Sambre and the Final British Drive (4-11 November)



  • The Final French Drive on the Western Front (1-11 November)



  • The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Phase III (28 October-11 November)



  • Retrospective



    • XIV. The Armistice


    XV. The Fluctuating Verdict of History


  • Hindenburg



  • Ludendorff



  • Foch



  • Pétain



  • Pershing



  • Haig



  • If NotThen Who?


    • Appendix I: Biographical Chronologies


    Appendix II: Note on General Officer Ranks

    Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.9.2018
    Reihe/Serie Twentieth-Century Battles
    Zusatzinfo 14 color illus., 14 b&w illus.
    Verlagsort Bloomington
    Sprache englisch
    Maße 160 x 160 mm
    Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
    Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
    Schlagworte ally • America • Axis • Battlefield • bolsheviks • Britain • commanders • Foch • France • Generals • Germany • Great War • Haig • Hindenburg • History • Ludendorff • mass warfare • Pershing • Petain • Russia • Strategy • United States • US • World War I • wwi
    ISBN-10 0-253-03782-4 / 0253037824
    ISBN-13 978-0-253-03782-4 / 9780253037824
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