The Personal Memoirs of Joffre, Field Marshal of the French Army, Vol. II (The Personal Memoirs of Joffre #2)

By: Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre and Colonel S. J. Lowe

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Synopsis: First published posthumously in 1932, this is the second and final volume of French Field Marshal Joffre’s fascinating memoirs.Volume II picks up where Volume I left off at the conclusion of 1914 and takes the reader through to the year 1915, which included the operations in France and Belgium, through to the Allied General offensive of 1916 in Verdun and the Battle of the Somme, and, finally, Field Marshall Joffre’s resignation from politics and his subsequent mission to America.Richly illustrated throughout with pictures and maps.“This book, written by the chief actor, unfolds the history of a great campaign upon which hung the destiny of civilization.”—John J. Pershing“Joffre was not only the greatest commander in chief of the World War, but also, as the chief of a general staff, the superior of the elder Moltke himself.”—Frank H. Simonds