By August 1918 the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt the Allies would win But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out
- would the Germans hold on prolonging the fighting deep into 1919 with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives or could the war be won in 1918? In The Last Battle Peter Hart author of Gallipoli & The Great War & oral historian at the Imperial War Museum brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war as men fought to secure victory with survival seemingly only days or hours away Drawing on the experience of both generals & ordinary soldiers & dwelling with equal weight on strategy tactics & individual experience this is a powerful & detailed account of history's greatest endgame