In 1918 the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) played a critical role in defeating the German army and thus winning the First World War. This 'Hundred Days' campaign (August to November 1918) was the greatest series of land victories in British military history. This title provides an examination of the series.

Series Editor’s Introduction Biographies of Contributors Introduction - Peter Gray, Ross Mahoney and Gary Sheffield 1. Command Culture and Complexity: Third Army during the Hundred Days, August-November 1918 - Jonathan Boff 2. ‘Delivering the Goods’. Operation Landovery Castle: A Logistical and Administrative Analysis of Canadian Corps Preparations for the Battle of Amiens 8-11 August, 1918 - Rob Thompson 3. ‘After Amiens’: Technology and Tactics in the British Expeditionary Force During the Advance to Victory, August – November 1918 - Bryn Hammond 4. The Last Battle of the B.E.F: The Crossing of the Sambre-Oise Canal, 4 November 1918 - Niall Barr 5. War of Liberation: British Second Army and Coalition Warfare in Flanders in the Hundred Days - Dennis Williams 6. Behind the Lines: Sir Douglas Haig and the Cavalry Corps, September-October 1918 - Simon M Justice 7. The Air Ministry and the Formation of the Royal Air Force - Peter Gray 8. The Smuts Report: Interpreting and Misinterpreting the Promise of Air Power - Christopher Luck 9. The Genesis of Modern Warfare: The Contribution of Aviation Logistics - Peter Dye 10. The Genesis of Modern Air Power: the RAF in 1918 - David Jordan 11. The Battle of Amiens: Air-Ground Cooperation and its Implications for Imperial Policing - Simon Coningham 12. The Battle of Amiens and the Development of British Air Land Battle, 1918-1945 - Alistair McCluskey Bibliography Index

All of the essays are interesting. Several, however, stand out either for their insights or their subject matter. Among these are those on the logistical preparations for the Battle of Amiens, combined arms operations during the “Hundred Days,” and the influence of air-ground cooperation during the campaign on subsequent British military thought. A volume in the series “Birmingham War Studies,” Changing War is not only important reading for serious students of World War I but also for anyone seriously interested in the development of combined arms operations.

Birmingham War Studies (BWS) is a series of works of original historical research in the area of History and War Studies. The works cover all aspects of war in the 19th and 20th centuries, with the focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the British experience.