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Softcover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17x25cm]. Fine Condition. As new. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour and B/w illustrations. Colour maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 140 pages. In the wave of devastating German offensives launched in the spring of 1918, it is Operation Michael that has captured the most attention, characterised by astonishing advances and their potentially shattering impact on the British Expeditionary Force's [BEF] Third anf Fifth armies. While this offensive eventually petered out. albeit tantalisingly close to the BEF's crucial logistic hub of Amiens, German General Ludendorff redirected the German effort north to Flanders to launch Operation Georgette. This book describes the battle to save Hazebrouck - part of what was to become the Battle of the Lys.…