EPISODE · Feb 28, 2023 · 30 MIN
Men of 18 in 1918: Memories of the Western Front in World War One by Frederick James Hodges
from Listen to Trending Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Military · host Vidal Collins
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/646281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Men of 18 in 1918: Memories of the Western Front in World War One Author: Frederick James Hodges Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: An astounding account of one young infantryman's personal experience of the Western Front in the last year of World War One. Perfect for fans of Peter Hart, Max Hastings, and Barbara W. Tuchman. In the spring of 1918 German forces broke through Allied lines in a last-ditch attempt to overcome their enemies. To hold back this tide young, inexperienced men from France, Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada were sent into war against battle-hardened and desperate German soldiers. What was it like to be an eighteen-year-old and sent to the frontlines in the First World War? Frederick James Hodges was one of these young men and his book, Men of 18 in 1918, provides insight into the ordeals of an ordinary soldier who left Britain as a teenager but returned as a man having witnessed the full horrors of war. Hodges charts his progress through the conflict from his short period of training to being thrown into defending Allied lines against the onslaught before being ordered, as part of Britain's prime assault troops, into a ninety-five-day non-stop attack which only ended with the armistice of November 1918.
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