The Battle of the Lys, fought in April 1918, was critical for the Allies and for Germany. The outcome of the Great War hung in the balance. After the successful German offensive on the Somme, their breakthrough on the Lys threatened Ypres and the British hold on Flanders and brought them close to victory on the Western Front. The Allied line was broken it was only saved by improvisation and great gallantry - and the German onslaught tested Allied cooperation under the newly appointed Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch to the limit. Yet, as Chris Baker shows in this compelling account, the declining force of the German attack revealed deficiencies in material, organisation and morale that led to their ultimate defeat. AUTHOR: Chris Baker is a former chairman of the Western Front Association, author of the website the Long, Long Trail and founder of the Great War Forum. A chartered engineer by profession and formerly a director of several management consulting firms, Chris now concentrates on his military research business, fourteeneighteen. He is a member and honorary research fellow of the University of Birmingham's Centre for First World War Studies and was awarded the MA in British First World War Studies in 2007. He has written a number of articles on the Great War for magazines and journals including the Journal of the Royal United Service Institute of New South Wales and Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association. SELLING POINTS: Full account of decisive 1918 battle for Flanders Based on graphic eyewitness accounts and a close study of the battlefield Critical analysis of the German and Allied tactics Emphasizes the importance of the battle in the final defeat of Germany ILLUSTRATIONS: 30 illustrations *