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Author : Brian Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Big Push, a Portrait of the Battle of the Somme written by Brian Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Kahana
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019973965X
Total Pages : 1057 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Documentary Film Reader written by Jonathan Kahana and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Documentary Film Reader brings together an expansive range of writing by scholars, critics, historians, and filmmakers to provide a stimulating foundational text for students and others who want to undertake study of nonfiction film.
Author : Croydon Public Libraries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Reader's Index written by Croydon Public Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Pearson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783376082
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (833 download)
Download or read book The Black Country in the Great War written by Michael Pearson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a book about the Great War; it is about life during the war. Changes in people's lives: their work, home, food, entertainment and news. I used original research material including newspapers, to paint a picture of life in the Black Country.??Manufacturing was vital; we were well-equipped to supply the engines of war. The region had motor manufacturers who made aero engines, tanks, guns, munitions and much more. Towards the end of the war the Black Country became one huge munitions works!??Some of the greatest changes were societal, women's role changed massively. Wider social change involved the first steps towards equality between the sexes. By 1918 women could vote and stand as MPs. At work, women became clerks, tram drivers, munitions workers and more. With so many men away, without women the war could not have been won.??This was the first modern conflict, truly the First World War, where troops globally converged, mainly on France and Belgium, to fight a common enemy. It began in August 1914 amid much excitement and the initial months saw the British Army grow hugely. There were those who did not want to fight, their circumstances will be examined, as well as methods used to 'encourage' them to sign up.??The war developed into trench warfare, with heavy casualties, vastly more than thought imaginable. Most Black Country families lost one or more of their loved ones; but there was little time to mourn; in many cases reports were not made public for some time; a well-oiled propaganda machine saw that news did not seriously damage morale.??In 1916 war came to the Black Country through a Zeppelin raid. Its affect was devastating and impacted widely as restrictions were placed on lighting and other measures to minimise the effects of probable future raids. By 1917 the Black Country had to cope with more wounded from the front line. Hospitals were full and further measures were needed to accommodate our returning injured heroes. Treatment, feeding and entertainment for the wounded are all examined. Indeed, generally food supply was of concern from day one of the war. Prices rose, supply became short, there were riots protesting about 'profiteering' and eventually rationing was imposed. Alcohol supply was strictly controlled, pubs closed for a period during the day, to stop essential workers neglecting their duties. This change illustrates how life in Britain changed; it was the 1980s before this restriction on pub opening hours was finally lifted.??By 1917 the war became a marathon, with no end in sight. The Government sought innovative means to raise money and the Black Country played its part in supporting those initiatives. Local charities raised funds through events including football matches, ftes, collections and more to provide money for good causes. Parcels to prisoners of war, troops serving at the front and the wounded were all catered for. Christmas traditions were preserved, mainly for the children, with parties for those whose father was away at war.
Author : Allyson Booth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019535625X
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Postcards from the Trenches written by Allyson Booth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unprecedented magnitude of death during World War I forever altered how people perceived their world and how they represented those perceptions. In Postcards from the Trenches, Allyson Booth traces the complex relationship between British Great War culture and modernist writings. She shows that, through the experience of the Great War, both civilian and combatant modernist writers found that language could no longer represent experience. She goes on to identify and contextualize several of the resulting modernist tropes: she links the dissolving modernist self to soldiers' familiarity with corpses, the modernist mistrust of factuality to the apparent inaccessibility of facts regarding the "rape of Belgium," and the modernist interest in multiple viewpoints to the singularity of perspective with which generals studied battlefield maps. Though her emphasis is on literary works by Robert Graves, E.M. Forster, and Vera Brittain, among others, Booth's analysis extends to memorials, posters, and architecture of the Great War. This interdisciplinary quality of Booth's study results in a much deeper understanding of how the Great War affected cultural representations and how that culture represented the War.
Author : Michael Senior
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 178340065X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Victory on the Western Front written by Michael Senior and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshal Foch, the Generalissimo of the Allied Armies during the last stages of the First World War, commenting on the victories won during the Hundred Days when the Germans were driven back on the Western Front, said Never at any time in history has the British army achieved greater results in attack than in this unbroken offensive. The scale, speed and success of this offensive have provided historians with fertile ground for interpretation and debate. How did the British Expeditionary Force, having endured the bitter disappointments and heavy losses at Aubers Ridge, Loos, the Somme, Passchendaele, Cambrai and during the German spring offensives of 1918 turn the tide of the war and comprehensively defeat the enemy in the field? This is the fascinating question that Michael Senior tackles in this lucid and thought-provoking study. He considers the reasons for the stunning British victories and examines the factors that underpinned the eventual success of the BEF. In particular he shows how tactical and technical developments evolved during the course of the war and merged in a way that gave the British a decisive advantage during the final months of the fighting. Innovations in guns and gunnery, in shells, aircraft and tanks, and a massive increase in industrial output, played key parts, as did the continuous process of adaptation, experimentation and invention that went on throughout the war years. The result was an army that could take advantage of the unprecedented opportunity presented by the failure of the German spring offensive of 1918. Michael Senior provides a challenging and controversial analysis of the underlying reasons for the success of the BEF. It is essential reading for anyone who is keen to learn about the extraordinary development of the British army throughout the war and to understand why, and how, the Germans were beaten.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1102 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Army written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Millichope
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473866162
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Halifax in the Great War written by David Millichope and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halifax was surprised by the outbreak of war in August 1914 but within days the public mood had turned into a staggering display of unified support. Voluntary fund raising organisations sprang up and bore witness to an incredible self-help ethic that supported the troops at the front, their dependant families at home and the returning wounded. People came to fear the Zeppelins, were forced to retrieve their children from German naval guns in Scarborough and read with horror the stories of local lads gassed at the front. Residents of German descent found themselves in difficult situations, and Belgian refugees were offered sanctuary.Struggling local industry was revitalised by government orders for Khaki cloth, machine tools and munitions. Halifax can claim to have contributed many interesting technological items such as bomb release mechanisms, flame projectors and Tommy's iconic bowl shaped steel helmet. Women were increasingly employed in traditional male occupations. In 1917 the food crisis fermented tensions, but at the end of 1918 there was triumph of a sort.
Author : John Leonard
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 184468332X
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)
Download or read book The Fighting Padre written by John Leonard and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pat Leonard served throughout the Great War as a Chaplain to the Forces in France, Belgium and, after the Armistice, in Germany. Along with the many hundreds of letters he wrote to the relatives of those parishioners who died or were wounded, he found time to describe for his parents back at home the awful reality of life in the Trenches, and on the makeshift aerodromes from which the pilots of the Royal Flying Corps operated from the Observers seat which liberated his spirit from the mud of Flanders. Very much a front-line priest, his descriptions provide an unusually objective view of army life, and of the job of the multitasked chaplain who was expected to undertake the roles of counselor, comforter, caterer, censor, entertainment officer and sports supreme to name but a few. The extracts selected from his letters are full of detail, humor, self deprecation and just sometimes when judged by todays standards, mild political incorrectness! Known as a veritable fighting parson (because of his prowess in the boxing ring) he also played rugby for the RAF, was mentioned in dispatches, and was decorated for bravery. 90 years have passed before this opportunity arises to share his account of a life which the world remembers as dreadful beyond belief. Reading it demonstrates that despite the ghastliness, human qualities emerged with which we should all be proud. Pat Leonard was born in 1889 into a clergy family in Cumbria, MPG (Pat) Leonard went from being Head of School at Rossall to Oriel College, Oxford on a mathematics scholarship. After graduating and obtaining a TA Commission in the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Leonard served as a curate in a Manchester parish before being accepted as Chaplain to the 8th Battalion, the Kings Own, from September 1915 in the battlefields of the Somme Awarded the DSO for bravery and mentioned in dispatches, he transferred to the RFC in early 1918. After the war he was much involved in the development and growth of TocH throughout the world. Subsequently after a period as Rector of Hatfield and ten years in Glasgow as Provost of St. Marys Cathedral he was consecrated Bishop of Thetford in 1953.
Author : Simon Fowler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 147387680X
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Tracing your Great War Ancestors: The Somme written by Simon Fowler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to find out about an ancestor who served on the Somme during the First World War during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 or at any time during the fighting in this sector of the Western Front this book is the ideal guide. It provides practical information and advice on how to conduct your research. It will help you to discover when and where your ancestors served and give you an insight into his experience of the war. It is also a fascinating introduction to researching the Great War as a whole.Simon Fowler outlines the course of the fighting on the Somme, introducing the many historical resources that you can use to explore the history for yourself. He identifies the key sources for family historians, including at The National Archives and Imperial War Museum and the many online sites that researchers can turn to. There is also advice on the literature, archives, museums and monuments that may help you to gain an insight into your ancestor's story.
Author : Laurie Milner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850523354
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Leeds Pals written by Laurie Milner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15th (Service) BattalionThe Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment.
Author : Geoffrey H. Malins
Publisher : London : Herbert Jenkins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book How I Filmed the War written by Geoffrey H. Malins and published by London : Herbert Jenkins. This book was released on 1920 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josephus Nelson Larned
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research written by Josephus Nelson Larned and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. M. Newton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Twelfth written by L. M. Newton and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Stationery World and Printing and Allied Trades written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rob Langham
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The North Eastern Railway in the First World War written by Rob Langham and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Eastern Railway underwent extreme change after the outbreak of war in August 1914. Within months, the company raised its own battalion of men and was the only railway company to do so. The NER also set to work adapting to the changes and requirements the war would bring. Not only would there be a drop in regular passenger traffic levels and increase in freight, transporting both war material and troops, but the workshops formerly used to build locomotives were turned over to making weapons of war. In December 1914, the railway came under attack from the Imperial German Navy, causing damage to the NER's infrastructure and killing several of its men. As the war went on, locomotives and rolling stock were sent to France to help with the enormous logistics required for operations on the Western Front. The planned opening of an electrified railway line for freight went ahead with a brand new fleet of powerful electric locomotives, adding to the company's portfolio of electrification with the electrified Tyneside passenger line and Newcastle Quayside. NER land was used to build an enormous munitions factory at Darlington and the unprecedented use of women in the work place meant traditionally male-only roles were increasingly seeing women take over and freeing men for military service.Overseas, men of the NER that joined the forces served with honour, but many were not to come home. The North Eastern Railway in the First World War tells the story of one railway's war, of how it continued to operate and adapt, and the men and women who served with the company or left to fight for the country's freedom.
Author : John Sheehan
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473868149
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Harrogate Terriers written by John Sheehan and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using original personal and military diaries, with hundreds of carefully selected newspaper extracts, letters and photographs, this book traces individual stories of tragedy and heroism, involving tradesmen, apprentices, lawyers, musicians, sportsmen, brothers, husbands and fathers from Harrogate and the West Riding. As such, it characterises the experience of the British Infantryman in the Great War.The Territorials of the 1/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment were the unsung heroes of the Great War. These Saturday Night Soldiers from York and the northern West Riding of Yorkshire went out to face the might of the German Army in April 1915. Through the hot summer and dark winter that followed, they stopped bullets at the Battle of Aubers Ridge and choked on Phosgene gas at Ypres. Caught in the carnage of the notorious first day on the Somme, the West Yorkshire Territorials were held up by General Haig as convenient scapegoats for his tactical failure, only for the 1/5th Battalion to prove him wrong and redeem itself as an attacking force at the Battle of Thiepval Ridge, and then again at Passchendaele in 1917. In the last year of the war, the battalion helped fight a rear-guard action on the Menin Road, and was effectively wiped out at the Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, only to be re-constituted in time to take part in the bloody advances at Cambrai and Valenciennes, which helped bring the conflict to an end.
