The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended

Unlike 1945, the First World War did not end neatly with the unconditional surrender of the Germans....
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Author: Nicholas Best
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The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended by Best, Nicholas

The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended

$37.80

The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended

$37.80
Author: Nicholas Best
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Unlike 1945, the First World War did not end neatly with the unconditional surrender of the Germans. After a dramatic week of negotiations, military offensives and the beginning of a Communist revolution, the German Imperial regime collapsed. The Kaiser fled to Holland. The Allies eventually granted an armistice to a new German government, and at 11.00hrs on 11 November, the guns officially ceased fire, but only after 11,000 casualties had been sustained - more than on D-Day!


The story of this remarkable day has never been told properly, and yet the roll call of eyewitnesses who left us their impressions includes Adolf Hitler, Charles de Gaulle, Harry S Truman, Anthony Eden, Marie Curie, Maurice Chevalier, Richard Strauss - and future famous generals MacArthur, Patton and Montgomery.


From the generals' headquarters to the frontline trenches, from the factories to the farms, Nicholas Best reveals the twists and turns that led to the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.



Author: Nicholas Best
Publisher: Lume Books
Published: 04/01/2021
Pages: 298
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9781839013157

About the Author
Best, Nicholas: - Nicholas Best grew up in Kenya and was educated there, in England and at Trinity College, Dublin. He served in the Grenadier Guards and worked as a journalist in London before becoming a full time writer. A former literary critic for the Financial Times, he has written more than 20 books, both fiction and non-fiction, and is translated into many languages. He was long-listed in 2010 for the Sunday Times-EFG Bank £30,000 award, the biggest short story prize in the world.

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