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The Second Battle of the Somme: The Allied Breakthrough of 1918

The Second Battle of the Somme: The Allied Breakthrough of 1918

Whitaker, Jack

Paperback

Series: Forgotten Battles

General European HistoryMilitary StrategyWorld War I

ISBN13: 9798247612209
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 9 2026
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

In The Second Battle of the Somme: The Allied Breakthrough of 1918, Jack Whitaker tells the powerful story of the campaign that transformed the Western Front and marked the beginning of the end of the Great War. In August 1918, on the shattered fields of northern France, British, Australian, Canadian, and French forces launched a sudden and devastating offensive along the Somme River. After years of stalemate and slaughter, the Allies achieved what had once seemed impossible: a rapid, coordinated advance that broke through the German lines and set in motion the collapse of the Kaiser's empire.

Drawing on official war records, unit diaries, and firsthand accounts, Whitaker reconstructs the dramatic days of the Allied counterattack, the tanks rumbling through dawn mist, the synchronized roar of artillery, and the shock of an enemy army losing faith in victory. From the planning rooms of Ferdinand Foch and Douglas Haig to the front-line experience of the soldiers who crossed the Somme under fire, he captures both the strategic mastery and the human endurance that defined the campaign.

More than a tale of tactics and command, this book reveals how the Somme, long synonymous with despair, became the proving ground of redemption. The Second Battle of the Somme was not just the turning of the tide, but the moment when the modern army came of age and when the road to the Armistice first opened through courage, precision, and the will to endure.

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