ALL THE KAISER'S MEN (Pbk)

The German Imperial Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 * Draws on a wealth of previously unpublished documentary evidence * Comprehensively illustrated with original photographs, maps and archival material * A re-examination of the strategy and tactics of the German Army throughout the war, from the commanding generals to the ordinary soldiers at the Front * Assesses the implications of the Allied naval blockade on the German home front, the increasing problems of food and fuel shortages and the spectres of nation-wide disease, hunger and then widespread starvation in Germany * Drawing from diaries, letters to loved ones, memoirs and regimental records, Ian Passingham charts the fortunes of German soldiers from the initial advance through Belgium and France to the stalemate of the trench war and the rekindled hope and disillusionment of the great offensives and counter-offensives of 1918 * A unique and fully illustrated insight into the daily life and experiences of the German troops facing the Western Allies, this important book fills a significant gap in the historiography of World War I