The 1914 conflict had been in dreadful terrain for four years. Casualties were measured in millions, for little gain. The 1918 Allied offensives had failed to achieve breakthrough. By late summer 1918 neither side saw any prospect of victory; yet within months, unexpectedly, unpredicted even by the men at the front, the impasse was broken, the guns silenced, an armistice signed.
How did it happen? J H Johnson examines the progress of that last year of war, to reveal all the factors - military, political, psychological - that brought the struggle to an end in unexpected victory.
Contains black and white photographs.
