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The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 (1st Edition) by Charles Messenger Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-7538-2593-7 / 0753825937 ISBN-13: 978-0-7538-2593-8 / 9780753825938 The British attack at Amiens was the most decisive day of the Great War. In earlier offensives, a gain of a few hundred yards counted as a 'victory', but this time our troops advanced seven miles in a day and broke clean through the German defences. The long agony on the Western Front was nearly ove |