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The Greatest Day in History: How, on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, the First World War Finally Came to an End

By Nicholas , Best

Book information

Publisher
PublicAffairs;Perseus Books Group
Year
2009
ISBN
9780786726646, 0786726644
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
347 kB (355754 bytes)
Pages
320 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1914-1918 -- Armistices1914-1918--Armistices;World WarArmistice Day;Armistices;World War

Description

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 Allies eventually granted an armistice to a new German government, and at eleventh hour on the 11th of November, the guns officially ceased fire, but only after 11,000 casualties had been sustainedalmost as many as on D-Day. Nicholas Best tells the story in sweeping, cinematic style, revealing that events were far from pre-ordained. From the generals.

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