History Of The Great War

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 8 - The Last Offensive Sep 18, 2018

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In October 1918 the Allies would attack along the entire front, pushing the Germans to the brink.

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Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber

The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson

The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

The First World War by John Keegan

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 7 - Attack, Attack, Attack Sep 06, 2018

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After a disastrous start in late September there was only one possible course of action for the Americans at the Meuse-Argonne.

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Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber

The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson

The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

The First World War by John Keegan

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 6 - The Lost Battalion Aug 29, 2018

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Amidst our very large story, we zoom in to talk about the events of a single battalion that ends up getting lost.

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Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber

The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson

The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

The First World War by John Keegan

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 5 - War is Hell Aug 22, 2018

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The Americans give it a go in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and they found out that actually this whole war thing is pretty hard.

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Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber

The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson

The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

The First World War by John Keegan

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 4 - Americans Aug 15, 2018

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The French and British had already launched their attacks, and now it was time for the Americans to join it, at a place called St. Mihiel

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Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber

The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson

The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

The First World War by John Keegan

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 3 - Onward from Amiens Aug 08, 2018

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After August 8th the attacks at Amiens would continue, and after attacks would be launched all along the front.

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Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber

The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson

The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

The First World War by John Keegan

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 2 - The Black Day Aug 01, 2018

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On August 8th the Allied attack at Amiens would begin, it would not be a good day for the German Army

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Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber

The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson

The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd

The First World War by John Keegan

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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The Hundred Days Offensive Pt. 1 - Second Battle of the Marne Jul 25, 2018

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The German offensives are over, the Allied offensives are about to begin.

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Ring of Steel by Alexander WatsonOver There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron FarwellTanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger BlaberThe Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles MessengerForty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell YockelsonThe Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William WestermanWith Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David StevensonA World Remade by G.J. MeyerTo Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. LengelA World Undone by G.J. MeyerHundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick LloydThe First World War by John KeeganPyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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Listener Questions Pt. 2 Jul 11, 2018

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You had questions, I have some answers.

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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 9 Jul 04, 2018

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In the summer of 1918 the German Army would try two more times to crack open the Western Front.

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Sources

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

The First World War by John Keegan

The Great War Perspectives on the First World War by Robert Cowley

The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook

The Evolution of Strategic Thinking in World War I: A Case Study of the Second Battle of the Marne by Michael S. Neiberg

Myth and Memory: Sir Douglas Haig and the Imposition of Allied Unified Command in March 1918 by Elizabeth Greenhalgh

General Ferdinand Foch and Unified Allied Command in 1918 by Elizabeth Greenhalgh

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

To The Last Man: Spring 1918 by Lyn MacDonald

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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