{"product_id":"hundred-days-the-end-of-the-great-war","title":"Hundred Days The End Of The Great War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unmissable book that\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eexplores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in modern European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this compelling and ground-breaking new study, Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, \u003ci\u003eHundred Days\u003c\/i\u003e traces the epic story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing unpublished archive material from five countries, this new account reveals how the Allies - British, French, American and Commonwealth - managed to beat the German Army, by now crippled by indiscipline and ravaged by influenza, and force her leaders to seek peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE WESTERN FRONT \u003c\/i\u003eBY NICK LLOYD IS AVAILABLE NOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is a powerful and moving book by a rising military historian. Lloyd''s depiction of the great battles of July-November provides compelling evidence of the scale of the Allies'' victories and the bitter reality of German defeat'' \u003c\/b\u003eGary Sheffield (Professor of War Studies)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historians with this admirable account of the war''s final campaign''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57549880787326,"sku":"NW9780241953815","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241953815.jpg?v=1781533738","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/hundred-days-the-end-of-the-great-war","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}