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Inspired by David T. Zabecki's The German Offensives of 1918: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War.
What would have been the consequences on a wider/more international scale had, as Zabecki suggests, Lundendorff aimed Operations Michael and George at the key Allied logistical rail hubs of Amiens and Hazebrouck, thereby forcing the entire BEF to retreat west of the Somme River in order to avoid destruction?
What would have been the reactions of the French to such a catastrophic defeat inflicted on the BEF that could potentially force them out of the continent altogether in the near future? What about the Americans?
Here is an interesting web article below written by the same author of the book mentioned above:
What would have been the consequences on a wider/more international scale had, as Zabecki suggests, Lundendorff aimed Operations Michael and George at the key Allied logistical rail hubs of Amiens and Hazebrouck, thereby forcing the entire BEF to retreat west of the Somme River in order to avoid destruction?
What would have been the reactions of the French to such a catastrophic defeat inflicted on the BEF that could potentially force them out of the continent altogether in the near future? What about the Americans?
Here is an interesting web article below written by the same author of the book mentioned above:
Hope is Not a Strategy: Germany’s Last Best Shot at Victory
Early in 1918 the German High Command decided on a plan for a major campaign to win World War I by driving the British Expeditionary Force off the
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