The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 Social History The Cover Art: The original

The Cover Art: The original cover art

In this 1917 work

who at over 48 years of age was the oldest German fighter pilot of the war

and went "over the top" in battle many times

and captured the hilltop village of Cantigny from the grip of the German Army

The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 Social History The Cover Art: The originalDescription by Nick Lloyd Paperback A tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration. Lloyd is well on the way to writing a definitive history of the First World War. Lawrence James, Times The Telegraph Best Books of the Year The Times of London Best Books of the Year A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare. The Western Front evokes images of mud spattered men in