AMIENS: DAWN OF VICTORY

Amiens was the decisive battle of the First World War German commander Erich Ludendorff called it "the black day of the German army". Many authors have stated that it was the beginning of the end of the great conflict. Employing the troops of five nations and utilising secrecy, deception and combined operations, the Allies won the first of a string of victories culminating in the Armistice one hundred days later. "Amiens: Dawn of Victory" studies the battle in minute detail. Using eye-witness accounts from dozens of survivors, plus many accounts, both published and unpublished, by the participants, the authors take us into the trenches, the tanks and the cockpits. Now out-of-print and limited stock available.