1918: The Last Year of World War I

The content of this book is so exciting! The author vividly restores the scenes of the last year of World War I through a large number of interviews and data reviews. I particularly liked the description of ordinary soldiers in the book, which made me feel the cruelty of war. However, I hate the war maniacs in the book, whose greed and selfishness led to the loss of so many innocent lives. Overall, this is a good book worth reading.

I have some shortcomings in this book: there are too many characters and the attitude towards the generals is not very objective. He prefers Haig and hates Pétain. But what if you say you just want to know what happened during this period? This book can also contain the experiences of many small characters. The author really likes Haig, so he only talked about the advantages, but as a person and a general, he needs to be comprehensive and completely unobjective. In this defeat, Haig did not have any problems in the author's opinion, but he must look at everything and not just look at the year 1918. It was precisely because of Haig's tactics that the British army suffered heavy casualties and lack of momentum. This was the real reason for the defeat. At that time, the British army had begun to recruit any suitable local British troops. The country has basically arrested all of them, and there is even no bottom line. Those who oppose conscription are directly imprisoned. However, Ireland is special. His political problems are very serious and he dare not move, so the UK has probably arrested everyone he can. It is true that the Prime Minister does have problems, but it does not mean that Haig does not have problems. My evaluation is that you can understand the character by understanding the process. This is not objective at all. I can't stand it anymore. It is really outrageous.