CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 SPRING OFFENSIVE FALL ARMISTICE CHAPTER 2 THE END OF EMPIRES CHAPTER 3 HIGH TECH WARFARE 26 CHAPTER 4 ECONOMIC BUSTS AND BOOMS 38 CHAPTERSCHANGES IN THE GLOBAL MAP CHAPTER6 THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 60 CHAPTER 7 TURMOIL IN THE UNITED STATES 72 CHAPTER 8THE GERMAN REVOLUTIONS TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTs 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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CHAPIES SPRING OFFENSIVE FALL ARMISTICE By the spring of 1918 World War I had been in progress for nearly four years over that time the Allied armies of France and the United Kingdom had reached a stalemate with Germany The western front that stretched across northern France and western Belgium had become a killing field Millions of men had fought and died for little gain in territory or strategic advantage To break the standoff Germany s military leader General Erich Ludendorff ordered an all out offensive west of the French city of Cambrai The German units would stage an assault against the British Fifth Army to begin at dawn on March 21 1918 With American reinforcements arriving in Europe soon to assist the
