{"product_id":"the-western-front-19171918-from-vimy-ridge-to-amiens-and-the-armistice-history-of-wwi-9781906626136","title":"The Western Front 1917-1918: From Vimy Ridge to Amiens and the Armistice (History of WWI)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the first few months of World War I  the Western Front consisted of a relatively static line of trench systems which stretched from the coast of the North Sea southwards to the Swiss border. To try to break through the opposing lines of trenches and barbed wire entanglements  both sides employed huge artillery bombardments followed by attacks by tens of thousands of soldiers. Battles could last for months and led to casualties measured in hundreds of thousands for attacker and defender alike. After most of these attacks  only a short section of the front would have moved and only by a kilometer or two. After Gallipoli  Australians were moved to fight in France on the western Front  in battles including the Battle of the Somme. On the first day of the 1916 Battle of the Somme  60 000 Allies were casualties  including 20 000 deaths. The principal adversaries on the Western Front  who fielded armies of millions of men  were Germany to the East against a western alliance to the West consisting of France and the United Kingdom with sizable contingents from the British Empire  especially the Dominions. The United States entered the war in 1917 and by the summer of 1918 had an army of around half a million men which rose to a million by the time the Armistice was signed on November 11  1918. For most of World War I  Allied Forces  predominantly those of France and the British Empire  were stalled at trenches on the Western Front. With the aid of numerous black and white and color photographs  many previously unpublished  the World War I series recreates the battles and campaigns that raged across the surface of the globe  on land  at sea and in the air. The text is complemented by full-color maps that guide the reader through specific actions and campaigns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67600496361525,"sku":"ByrdShop_1906626138","price":29.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781906626136.jpg?v=1790972494","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-western-front-19171918-from-vimy-ridge-to-amiens-and-the-armistice-history-of-wwi-9781906626136","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}