The German Army in the Spring Offensives 1917: Arras, Aisne and Champagne

by Jack Sheldon

Book Overview

After the great battles of 1916, the Allied Armies planned to launch massive attacks North and South of the Somme. The German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line in March 1917 forced the new French CinC General Nivelle to rethink and the French embarked on a major attack in the Aisne area and along the Chemin des Dames, with the British conducting large scale diversionary operations around Arras.

The French suffered disastrously and, rendered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783463457
• ISBN13: 9781783463459
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"