With the German Army gearing up for an attack, the British and French were still recovering from a disastrous 1917.

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Sources

A World Undone by G.J. Meyer

Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson

The First World War by John Keegan

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The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook

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Myth and Memory: Sir Douglas Haig and the Imposition of Allied Unified Command in March 1918 by Elizabeth Greenhalgh

General Ferdinand Foch and Unified Allied Command in 1918 by Elizabeth Greenhalgh

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson

To The Last Man: Spring 1918 by Lyn MacDonald

A World Remade by G.J. Meyer

Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty

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