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Heroes of WW1

Heroes of WW1 follows a group of British soldiers through the final year of fighting on the Western Front. The four novels move from desperate defensive action under German pressure to the renewed Allied advance, concentrating on ordinary infantrymen whose understanding of the war rarely extends beyond the next trench, ruined village or artillery barrage.

The sequence uses a continuous small-unit story to illustrate the tactical transformation of 1918: storm troops, machine guns, tanks, aircraft and increasingly coordinated attacks altered the battlefield without reducing its human cost. Its historical focus is the endurance of soldiers during the collapse of static trench warfare and the rapid movement that preceded the Armistice.

Reading order

Books in this series (4 books)

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#1 – Frontal Attack

Michael G. Thomas

A British infantry unit faces a major German attack after years of trench warfare have exhausted both armies. The soldiers must survive artillery preparation, infiltration and repeated assaults while officers struggle to maintain a coherent line across ground that communications and bombardment have reduced to chaos.…

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#2 – Hold the Line

Michael G. Thomas

With the front under sustained pressure, the survivors of the first attack are ordered to defend a new position before it is fully prepared. Stragglers, artillerymen and infantry from broken formations are forced into an improvised line, knowing that withdrawal could expose units on either flank.…

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#3 – Onslaught

Michael G. Thomas

A renewed offensive drives the fighting across trenches, villages and open country, giving the soldiers little chance to recover. Units that once measured progress in yards now march and counter-march across a shifting front, meeting machine-gun posts, field artillery and enemy troops exploiting every gap. The…

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#4 – Breakthrough

Michael G. Thomas

The battered unit is ordered forward as the Allies finally begin to force the German army from positions held for years. Tanks, aircraft, artillery and infantry combine in attacks intended to keep the enemy retreating, but every ruined village and rear-guard line can still exact a…