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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 8 Jun 28, 2018

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With so many French and British troops moved north to meet the previous German attacks, Ludendorff begins his next attack in the south.

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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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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 7 Jun 20, 2018

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The German focus shifts north, and Georgette is launched in Flanders.

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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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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 6 Jun 13, 2018

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Operation Michael was over, but what had it accomplished?

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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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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 5 Jun 06, 2018

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The German attack has been launched, and the first day was successful. What happens next?

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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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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 4 May 23, 2018

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After months of preparation, on March 21st the German attack begins.

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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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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 3 May 16, 2018

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In the days leading up to the attack the German troops prepared for their great offensive.

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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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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 2 May 09, 2018

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With the German Army gearing up for an attack, the British and French were still recovering from a disastrous 1917.

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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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Kaiserschlacht Pt. 1 May 02, 2018

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1918 would see the Germans launch the greatest series of offensives yet seen in the war, that story starts here.

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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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The Air War: 1918 Apr 24, 2018

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While the war was coming to a climax on the Western Front, in the skies above pilots and machines were reaching new heights.

British Military History Journal February 2018 (FREE!)

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Sources

The Royal Naval Air Service and Anti-Submarine Warfare in the North Sea, 1917 – 1918 by Alexander Howlett

The Nervous Flyer: Nerves, Flying and the First World War by Lynsey Shaw Cobden

The Dominion of the Air: the Imperial dimension of Britain’s war in the air, 1914-1918 by Michael Molkentin

Learning to Fly: The Royal Flying Corps and the Development of Air Power by David Jordan

The Cavalry of the Clouds? New Research in the Development and Experience of Air Power in the British Empire during the First World War by ROSS MAHONEY AND MICHAEL MOLKENTIN

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

The Great War in the Air: Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921 by John H. Morrow Jr.

The First Great War in the Air

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Listener Questions Pt. 1 Apr 18, 2018

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