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This first volume of germany’s western front—the second to be published in the series but the first in numerical order—is the work of many hands. The series began in 2006 with a search for existing translations from scattered German-language sources in Ottawa,Pennsylvania,Washington,Kansas,and London. In Ottawa, Tim Cook, Owen Cooke, Sarah Cozzi, Steve Harris, Andrew Iarocci, Barbara Wilson, the staff of the Directorate of History and Heritage, the Canadian War Museum, and Library and Archives Canada were all enormously helpful in tracking down unutilized German sources and translations in Canada. At the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, we were assisted most ably by the circulation and reference staffs, especially David Keough, as well as by our friend Michael Neiberg. The circulation and reference staffs of the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, the Combined Arms Research Library at the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth , Kansas, and the National Archives, Kew, were also most helpful. Many others have contributed to this project in one way or another at conferences or in private discussion. Tim Cook especially has been a friend and has pushed us toward realizing our goals in this project.He also provided funding for translations that will appear in later volumes. At Wilfrid Laurier University Press, the editors want to thank Brian Henderson for being flexible on timelines and willing to think in grand terms,not single books. We’d also like to acknowledge the work of Ryan Chynces, Lisa Quinn, Rob Kohlmeier , Penelope Grows, Clare Hitchens, Leslie Macredie, Heather Blain-Yanke, and Cheryl Beaupré.All of these people contributed to the book in one way or another. acknowledgements Pp xxvi acknowledgements At the University of Ottawa, John thanks Rich Connors and Galen Perras for their support and guidance over the years. His colleagues in the PhD program, which he completed in 2010, include Nicholas Clarke, Mark Bourrie, Daniel Macfarlane, and Max Dagenais, all of whom provided support and encouragement . There John is most grateful to Serge Durflinger, whose patient guidance, advice,and support have helped him navigate some rough waters.John also thanks Jeffrey Keshen, a supportive and kind friend, at Mount Royal University. Mark would also like to thank his colleagues in the Department of History at Memorial University of Newfoundland for their assistance and support. The Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies (LCMSDS) at Wilfrid Laurier University—Mark Humphries’s home between 2003 and 2008 and John Maker’s during 2003 and 2004, when both were students of Terry Copp, Roger Sarty, and John Laband—has provided the funding for most of the translations .A centre of excellence in the Department of National Defence’s Security and Defence Forum program, the centre provides an academic home for students and researchers alike, where both editors have had the pleasure to work with Brandy Barton, Mike Bechthold, Michelle Fowler, Geoff Keelan, Kellen Kurschinski, Vanessa McMackin, Matt Symes, Jane Whalen, and Jim Wood. Travelling, obtaining copies of the German official history, and arranging translations, was costly. Both editors therefore owe the following organizations and people a great debt of gratitude. Alexander Freund, the Chair in GermanCanadian Studies at the University of Winnipeg, and the Spletzer Family Foundation provided a generous grant for translation, materials acquisition, and travel in 2007 that continues to support the series. The bulk of the funding, though, has come from the LCMSDS, which has paid for the translations in this volume; the trips taken by Mark Humphries and Geoff Keelan to the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA, to copy existing translations from the 1930s; and the software necessary to turn hundreds of typewritten paper pages into editable text. Faculty professional development funds and a research grant from Memorial University of Newfoundland also allowed Dr. Humphries to aquire important texts related to the field that were not in the university library and to purchase equipment that was used in the production of this volume. This book really could not have happened without the assistance of either organization. Our families and friends have been the only casualties in this endeavour, having been forced to discuss the finer points of the translation process and Germany in the First World War ad nauseam now for more than five years—longer than the Great War itself. Mark wants to thank his partner Lianne Leddy, a fellow historian , for her understanding and patience. John would like to thank his parents and siblings for...

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