For the weary Allies, 1918 brought success when the British and the French repelled the Germans' desperate spring offensive. Then came the turning point of Foch's counter-offensive on the Marne followed by Haig's great attack on August 8th, the black day of the German Army, the breaking of the Hindenburg Line and the pursuit of the defeated German Army across the wastelands. First published in 1978, John Terraine's history also reveals the infighting among the allies which caused Britain, France, and even America to downplay the significance of the last year of the war