Jonathan Boff

The carnage of the Western Front was over surprisingly quickly

The pace of technological change was dizzying, says Nick Lloyd, and by late 1918 the Allies’ sophisticated tactics brought total battle defeat for Germany

German soldiers in gas masks on the Western Front with a 3.7 cm anti-aircraft gun. Credit: Getty Images
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  • The Western Front: A History of the First World War

    Nick Lloyd

    Viking, pp. 657, £25

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