MILITARY OPERATIONS FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1917 Vol 1

The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battles of Arras. Compiled by Captain Cyril Falls, this is arguably the best written of all the official histories of operations on the Western Front. The book begins with a review of the Allied prospects for 1917 as discussed at the Chantilly Conference and then covers the first five months of 1917; the operations on the Ancre in January/February, the German withdrawal and the British Arras Offensive April-May 1917; Vimy; the Battles of the Scarpe (three), of Bullecourt (two), and of Arleux. Reprint of a book originally published by Macmillan in 1940. Out-of-print and limited stock available.