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With Our Backs To The Wall' : Entente Grand Strategy In 1918, Saxton Sain Wyeth Aug 2011

With Our Backs To The Wall' : Entente Grand Strategy In 1918, Saxton Sain Wyeth

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Facing a military defeat in the face of the 1918 German offensive on the Western Front, the armies of the Entente reorganized under a Supreme Commander. This shift to coordinated grand strategy in conjunction with Allied strategic disunity enabled the Entente to destroy the armies of the Quadruple Alliance on the battlefield and bring the Great War to a conclusion on November 11th, 1918.