Hundred Days: The Campaign That Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd, is a fascinating look at the conclusion of the First World War and dispels many myths and assumptions. Lloyd shows how the Western Allies were finally learning the hard lessons of the previous war. No longer expecting quick breakthroughs of the German line (although those did happen) the Allies applied a constant pressure of shorter, quicker advances. The German Army, depleted from ill-advised spring offenses, was crumbling under this pressure and a key lack of food, ammunition, and equipment.
Lloyd’s work shows that the "stabbed in the back theory" of the German defeat is just a reactionary myth. A myth, unfortunately, that is still employed today in German nationalist circles. This book sets the record straight.
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