History podcast covering the events leading up to the World War One armistice.
Ludendorff begins to withdraw German armies to the Hindenberg line, withdrawing from Flanders and the land taken in the recent offensives.
British soldiers take Delville Wood on the Somme.
German troops withdraw about ten miles along a 55 mile length of the Western Front as Allied pressure mounts. Ludendorff rules out further withdrawals, fearing a German collapse.
Allied soldiers take Mametz Wood on the Somme.
General Wrisberg reports to the Reichstag Budget Committee that the German High Command is confident of victory. The committee laugh at him.
Allied soldiers take the Thiepval ridge on the Somme.
German divisions on the Somme outnumber the Allies 42 to 32. #ww1
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Count Czernin tells Austrian Council of Ministers that they need to seek a compromise peace.#ww1 #onthisday — WorldWar1 Day by Day (@WW1TheGreatWar) January 12, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/WW1TheGreatWar January 12, 2017 at 10:25AM To follow day by day events from 100 years ago, you can follow the live streams on Twitter or Facebook. https://twitter.com/WW1TheGreatWar http://ift.tt/1mDRWDO