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Wednesday, 1 June 2011

The Germanic nations' war, part I

Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in the Great War


is a book review in the Irish Times, telling of how Germany came to lose in 1918 despite knocking the Russians out of the war.

The book is called With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 By David Stevenson Allen Lane, 688pp. £30
Posted by tomas at 12:05
Labels: book, history

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