The Battle of Lys 1918

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"The battles fought at Estaires and Givenchy, just south of Ypres, in April 1918 were critical episodes in the larger Battle of Lys which determined the outcome of the ultimate German offensive on the Western Front. The massive assault of Ludendorff's armies crashed against defences manned by the British and Portuguese. A series of intense attacks and counter-attacks followed, and the Germans were on verge of gaining the decisive breakthrough that both sides on the Western Front had struggled for since the onset of trench warfare in late 1914. A German success might well have forced the British to retreat from Ypres ... [Tomaselli] describes the course of the fighting ... using eyewitness accounts, official records, photographs and maps ... He [also] provides walking and driving tours of the battlefield and of the monuments and cemeteries associated with it"--Publisher's website.