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The Greatest Day In History: How The Great War Really Ended

Door Nicholas Best

Categorie	WO I
Boeknummer	#298344
Titel	The Greatest Day In History: How The Great War Really Ended
Auteur	Best, Nicholas
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Jaar van uitgave	2008
ISBN10	029785190X
ISBN13	9780297851905
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Unlike 1945, the First World War did not end neatly with the unconditional surrender of the Germans. After a dramatic week of negotiations, military offensives and the beginning of a Communist revolution, the German Imperial regime collapsed. The Kaiser fled to Holland. The Allies eventually granted an armistice to a new German government, and at 11.00hrs on 11 November, the guns officially ceased fire, but only after 11,000 casualties had been sustained -- more than on D-Day! The story of this remarkable day has never been told properly, and yet the roll call of eyewitnesses who left us their impressions includes Adolf Hitler, Charles de Gaulle, Harry S Truman, Anthony Eden, Marie Curie, Maurice Chevalier, Richard Strauss -- and future famous generals MacArthur, Patton and Montgomery. N... (Lees verder)icholas Best tells the story in his signature cinematic style, revealing that events were far from pre-ordained. From the generals' headquarters to the frontline trenches, from the factories to the farms, Nicholas Best reveals the twists and turns that led to the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Pagina's	304
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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