Synopses & Reviews
With its deadly trench warfare, and constant bombardment, World War I seemed endless. Yet, suddenly, to the complete surprise of those in power, the Allied forces broke through German lines to victory. This blow-by-blow chronicle of the war's final days presents the soldiers and statesmen in charge, their battle options, their motivations and mistakes; and their deployment of troops and new weaponry. Not a detail escapes scrutiny -- including the effects of weather, the miscalculations, and the participants' personal accounts.