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The German Offensives of 1918 by Martin Kitchen (Tempus Publishing, 2001)
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Brian Murdoch (Vintage, 1996)
The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff and the First World War by Robert B Asprey (Time Warner Paperbacks, 1994)
Stormtroop Tactics: Innovation in the German Army, 1914-1918 by Bruce I Gudmunddsson (Greenwood Press, 1995)
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The Red Fighter Pilot An online edition of Manfred von Richthofen's 1917 book Der Rote Kampfflieger, based on the English language version originally translated by J Ellis Barker and published in 1918 under the name The Red Battle Flyer. Captain von Richthofen, famously known as The Red Baron, did not survive the war.
About the author
Martin Kitchen is professor of history at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Among his many books are: The German Offensives of 1918, The Silent Dictatorship: The Politics of the German High Command, 1916-1918, A Military History of Germany: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day and The German Officer Corps, 1890-1914.
Published: 2002-02-01
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