TY - BOOK ID - 73958953 TI - Winning and Losing on the Western Front PY - 2012 SN - 9781107024281 9781139528696 1139528696 9781139162555 1139162551 9781139526302 1139526308 1107024285 1139530976 9781139530972 9781139530972 9781107449022 1139540297 1107231973 1283522179 1139527509 9786613834621 1139532162 1107449022 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - 940.4 KW - 940.4 Geschiedenis van Europa: Eerste Wereldoorlog--(1914-1919) (militair) KW - Geschiedenis van Europa: Eerste Wereldoorlog--(1914-1919) (militair) KW - Campaigns KW - Great Britain. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:73958953 AB - The 'Hundred Days' campaign of 1918 remains a neglected aspect of the First World War. Why was the German army defeated on the Western Front? Did its morale collapse or was it beaten by the improved military effectiveness of a British army which had climbed a painful 'learning curve' towards modern combined arms warfare? This revealing insight into the crucial final months of the First World War uses state-of-the-art methodology to present a rounded case study of the ability of both armies to adapt to the changing realities they faced. Jonathan Boff draws on both British and German archival sources, some of them previously unseen, to examine how representative armies fought during the 'Hundred Days' campaign. Assessing how far the application of modern warfare underpinned the British army's part in the Allied victory, the book highlights the complexity of modern warfare and the role of organisational behaviour within it. ER -