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Identifier: literarydigesthi05hals (find matches)
Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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played a vital part; and once more it was asad reflection in Germany that in its own art of war anEnglish idea had upset all their traditions and calculations.English ingenuity like French brains had beaten the Ger-mans at their own game. German devices, such as 42-centimeter guns, C/-boats, and Zeppelins, had failed to bringvictory. The comparatively humble tank was in a fair wayto force a decision against them; more than that, it was sig-nificant that nearly a year after Byng introduced the tank,the Germans had been unable to adapt it for their own pur-pose. Whether this was due to lack of ideas on Luden-dorffs part or to a shortage of raw material, the effect wasthe same. Ludendorff learned to know their value. Afterthe war he declared that they were the chief cause of Ger-manys defeat.^^ The tactical and strategical results of the American vic-tory were both considerable. The restoration of direct com- loa Berlin interview with Ludendorff printed in The Ercuinp Pout (NewYork). 384
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FOCHS GREAT VICTORIES munication between Verdun and Commercy along the MeuseValley railway would now facilitate sending supplies to theFrench army covering Verdun, while the recovery of 150miles of French territory brought relief to long-sutfering in-habitants whose homes had lain devastated by the invaders forfour years. The moral effects of the victory were even moreimportant. Young as soldiers tho they were, the Americanshad shown themselves more than a match for the Germansat their own game of war. Military success is catching, andone victory would lead to another. Taking the monthsoperations as a whole, the Allies had good reason to con-gratulate themselves on the success of efforts which hadremoved the menace to Paris and the Channel ports, andcompelled the Germans to abandon the offensive withoutany hope of recovering the initiative. The war had not yetbeen won, but the worst was over; the tide was rolling back. There were at least two sectors in which events indicatedother att

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