Ludendorff Admits End of German War Effort
In his August 1918 reckoning Ludendorff calls for ending the war after a disastrous Picardy battle. He notes 70 000 prisoners and 1000 guns taken by the Allies, six divisions crushed, and German morale collapsing. He offers resignation to Hindenburg and the Kaiser, who keeps him in command.
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Ludendorff
Picardy
Blacklegs
Hindenburg
Germany
Charles
Spa
Bulgaria
Radoslavoff
Bucharest
Malinoff
Entente
Switzerland
General Gantschew
Kuhlmann
Lenine
Berlin
August 8 1918 the black day of the German army
Ludendorff recounts the Aug 8 battle as a turning point with the German line told to withdraw from Amiens front. He describes exhausted divisions, heavy losses, and the collapse of reserves as Allied forces push from the Somme toward the Avre and Roye. He notes morale decline, surrender culture, and the failed hope for a strategic expedient to avert defeat.
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Erich von Ludendorft
Lys
Ancre
Avre
Amiens
Bapaume
Soissons
von Boehn
von Losberg
Albert
Moreuil
King George
Lens
Somme
Luce
Peronne
Second
Rupprecht
18Th
Roye
Ninth Army
Bray
Arvilliers
Montdidier
Matz
Lassigny
Oise
Avesnes
Prince Max
Scheidemann
Daily Mail
Foch
von Cramon
Baden
Vienna
Blackeys
Ludendorff
Expert analyzes Ludendorff story by Col Goetz
Colonel Robert C. Goetz of Weld Artillery, U S A, reviews Ludendorff Own Story. Former staff to Maj Gen Clarence Edwards, West Point graduate and Harvard professor of military science, he recently returned from France after touring Flanders Meuse-Argonne St Mihiel battlefields.
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Robert Charles Goetz
Weld Artillery
Boston Post
Ludendorff
Clarence R. Edwards
Goetz
West Point
Post
Department of Military Science
Harvard University
War Department
France
Flanders
Thierry
Meuse-Argonne
St. Miblel
Americans Pave The Way For Allied Offensive In 1918
Analysis lauds American forces at Chateau-Thierry and August battles, stating the U S Army halted German strength on July 18 1918 and joined the Allies in a morale boosting advance. It credits American troops with dash courage and a readiness surpassing European armies while critiquing Ludendorff’s strategies.
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Germany
Ludendorff
Unusually Large Potato Found in Dorchester War Garden
Romeo Leschernier of 342 Ashmont Street Dorchester unearthed a seven inch potato with five average sized offspring from the same tuber ontem in his war garden. The amateur gardener, in only his second year, is displaying the freak potato to friends and has taken it to the piano factory for examination.
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Romeo Leschernier
Ashmont Street
Dorchester
Leschernier
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