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Battle Story: Cambrai 1917

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483714
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Battle Story: Cambrai 1917 written by Chris McNab and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Cambrai has become synonymous with one of the Allies’ first large-scale use of tanks on the Western Front. Cambrai certainly saw over 450 Mark IV tanks lumber across No Man’s Land and penetrate the Hindenburg Line. For the Germans on the other side of these defences the sheer scale of these ‘iron monsters’ was terrifying, however they quickly rallied and the battle was about much more than the tanks deployed.Chris McNab explores how new techniques of sound-ranging and artillery strategy played a greater part on the battlefield than the tanks which have dominated the history of the battle.At dawn on 20 November 1917 over 1,000 guns fired on German positions and 400 tanks and thousands of men stepped out into the barren land between the trenches. At first, it seemed that success was inevitable, with over 5 miles of ground gained – a significant amount for such an operation, however on the first day of battle 180 tanks were out of action and the attack began to flounder. After days of attack and counterattack, both sides had gained ground, but no definitive success and with over 70,000 casualties. Yet, Cambrai was an important training ground for both sides, proving the effectiveness of new tactics that would lead to greater victories later in the war.

Cambrai 1917

Author : Bryn Hammond
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9780753826058
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Cambrai 1917 written by Bryn Hammond and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambrai was the last - and most influential - battle fought by the British on the Western Front in 1917.

Cambrai 1917

Author : Bryn Hammond
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297856359
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Cambrai 1917 written by Bryn Hammond and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the first great tank battle, and the genesis of one of the most formidable weapons of the twentieth century. Cambrai was the last - and most influential - battle fought by the British on the Western Front in 1917. With many of the Allies on the brink of collapse, only Britain was still capable of holding the Germans at bay. Over time, many myths have grown up around what happened at Cambrai. The events of this iconic attack are now buried beneath accumulated legends and misrepresentations built up over almost a century. It is remembered as the world's first great tank battle, but it was the brilliant British innovations in artillery techniques that most shocked the enemy. Equally important were the new 'stormtroop' tactics the Germans pioneered. Drawing on previously unpublished letters, diaries, first-hand accounts and official reports, Bryn Hammond's definitive account examines this military milestone, how the myths were created, and how they changed the face of warfare for ever.

Cambrai 1917

Author : Alexander Turner
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781846031472
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Cambrai 1917 written by Alexander Turner and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This crucial new study of one of the seminal events in military history dispells many of the myths surrounding Cambrai 1917 of World War I (1914-1918). Common perception classifies it as the "world's first tank battle" but Alexander Turner shows us that the real importance of Cambrai was that it saw the first use of armor as an operational shock tactic. With the pre-eminence of armor, the conduct of war was irrevocably changed. The battle also heralded the combined use of aircraft, armor, and artillery, marking the birth of modern combined-arms techniques. Written by a military historian and serving soldier, this is a fascinating analysis of a battle which was a stalemate, yet spawned a host of war-winning tactics.

British Battle Of Cambrai, 1917

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Battle Of Cambrai, 1917 written by André Geraque Kiffer and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the scenario of the wargame that will be used it was decided not to change the organization for the combat of the Tank Corps, because it is understood to be far ahead of its time a Blitzkrieg and even more, in this case, applying in a “siege war”. On the other hand, the operational strategic failure in the allocation of resources to the Third Army was corrected due to the reduction of the front and the depth of penetration, as well as the reduction of the objective level, from strategic to tactical. In short, a safe “laboratory” for new weapon systems.

The Dynamics of Doctrine

Author : Timothy T. Lupfer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Doctrine written by Timothy T. Lupfer and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is a case study in the wartime evolution of tactical doctrine. Besides providing a summary of German Infantry tactics of the First World War, this study offers insight into the crucial role of leadership in facilitating doctrinal change during battle. It reminds us that success in war demands extensive and vigorous training calculated to insure that field commanders understand and apply sound tactical principles as guidelines for action and not as a substitute for good judgment. It points out the need for a timely effort in collecting and evaluating doctrinal lessons from battlefield experience. --Abstract.

The Marne 15 July - 6 August 1918

Author : Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Marne 15 July - 6 August 1918 written by Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson and published by . This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cambrai: the First Great Tank Battle, 1917

Author : a J. Smithers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Cambrai: the First Great Tank Battle, 1917 written by a J. Smithers and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cambrai

Author : A.J Smithers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783833645
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book Cambrai written by A.J Smithers and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1992-07-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is probably true to say that no land battle of this century passes Cambrai in importance. Up to the winter of 1917 warfare had changed only in degree since the coming of gunpowder. The scenario, with parts for horse, foot and guns, remained essentially the same. All this was part of a world about to disappear for good with the introduction of the tank. The British Army, hammered by years of war and facing almost alone the vastly increasing strength of its enemy, was expected by most observers to be near to going down in defeat. Instead of that, using British designed and built fighting machines of a novel kind, it attacked and drove the Germans from the strongest fortifications ever built. Nobody, save for a dedicated few, had believed such a feat possible. After profiting from its lessons the same Army, 12 months later, achieved its greatest victories of all time and saved Europe, for a time, from German dictatorship. The methods used made obsolete everything that had gone before and laid out the ground for each serious operation of war from Amiens to the Gulf.

Landrecies to Cambrai

Author : Graeme Chamley Wynne
Publisher : Helion Studies in Military His
ISBN 13 : 9781909384033
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Landrecies to Cambrai written by Graeme Chamley Wynne and published by Helion Studies in Military His. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in the First World War, or Great War, continues unabated. New angles are sought, fresh interpretations penned. Equally, much previously published material resides long forgotten in the pages of now-rarely-consulted journals and periodicals. Landrecies to Cambrai reprints an extensive series of articles that ran, on an irregular basis, in the Army Quarterly from January 1924 until April 1939. Each article presents a detailed account of a specific German military operation on the Western Front - usually with detail down to battalion level. The author utilized an extensive array of original German sources, including regimental histories and operational-level narratives, ensuring a remarkable amount of color and detail are present in the text. Operations covered include: The night attack at Landrecies, 25 August 1914; Neuve Chapelle, 10-12 March 1915; Aubers Ridge, 9 May 1915; The fight for Hill 70, 25-26 September 1915; The German attack at Vimy Ridge, May 1916; The German defence during the Battle of the Somme July 1916; The German defence of Bernafay and Trônes Woods, 2-14 July 1916; Mametz Wood and Contalmaison, 9-10 July 1916; Delville Wood, 14-19 July 1916; The Somme, 15 September 1916; The capture of Thiepval, 26 September 1916; In front of Beaumont-Hamel, 13 November 1916; Battle of Arras, 9 April 1917; The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9 April 1917; The fight for Inverness Copse, 22-24 August 1917; The fight for Zonnebeke, 26 September 1917; Cambrai - the action of the German 107th Division. All original maps are also included. Landrecies to Cambrai offers a unique perspective and much hitherto-overlooked material relating to a wide variety of German operations on the Western Front 1914-17.

The First World War

Author : Michael Howard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199205590
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The First World War written by Michael Howard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the 'Great War', focusing on why it happened, how it was fought, and why it had the consequences it did. It examines the state of Europe in 1914 and the outbreak of war; the onset of attrition and crisis; the role of the US; the collapse of Russia; and the weakening and eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Looking at the historical controversies surrounding the causes and conduct of war, Michael Howard also describes how peace was ultimately made, and the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Messines 1917

Author : Alexander Turner
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781846038457
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Messines 1917 written by Alexander Turner and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 0310 hours on 7 June 1917, the pre-dawn gloom on the Western Front was shattered by the 'pillars of fire' - the rapid detonation of 19 huge mines, secreted in tunnels under the German lines and containing 450 tonnes of explosives. Admitted by the Germans to be a 'masterstroke', the devastating blasts caused 10,000 soldiers to later be posted simply as 'missing'. Launching a pre-planned attack into the carnage, supported by tanks and a devastating artillery barrage, the British took the strategic objective of Messines Ridge within hours. A rare example of innovation and success in the First World War (1914-1918), this book is a fresh and timely examination of a fascinating campaign.

With a Machine Gun to Cambrai

Author : George Coppard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book With a Machine Gun to Cambrai written by George Coppard and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of trench warfare as experienced by a young volunteer during World War I.

Stalemate!

Author : J. H. Johnson
Publisher : Rigel Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781898799795
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Stalemate! written by J. H. Johnson and published by Rigel Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the true horrors of The Great War - the catastrophic offensives and tragic errors that led to the brutal deaths of thousands of brave soldiers sent 'over the top' from the trenches of Passchendale, Cambrai and The Somme. Book jacket.

Slaughter and Stalemate in 1917

Author : Alan Warren
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538143119
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Slaughter and Stalemate in 1917 written by Alan Warren and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What went wrong for British forces in 1917? Relive the key battles through first-hand accounts and little-known incidents of World War I. This book offers a fresh, critical history of the 1917 campaign in Flanders. Alan Warren traces the three major battles fought by the British Expeditionary Force in the final months of 1917, from the mines of Messines to the mud of Passchendaele and the tanks at Cambrai. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Warren provides a vivid account of two tragically mismanaged battles, showing that Cambrai further underlined what went wrong for British forces at Passchendaele and thus more fully explains the course of events on the Western front. His compelling narrative history features first-hand accounts, little-known dramatic incidents, and portraits and assessments of the main generals. All readers interested in World War I and the tragic mistakes that led, in the words of Winston Churchill, to “a forlorn expenditure of valour and life without equal in futility” will find this an invaluable military history.

Toward Combined Arms Warfare

Author : Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915834
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Toward Combined Arms Warfare written by Jonathan Mallory House and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1985 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battle of Cambrai 1917

Author : Jerry Murland
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399017446
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Cambrai 1917 written by Jerry Murland and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1917 Battle of Cambrai featured the first massed tank attack in military history and provoked the biggest German counter-attack against the British since 1914. The British aimed to break through the German Hindenburg Line, then threaten the rear of the German positions to the north. The battle is one of the most famous and controversial episodes of the First World War, and the battlefield is one of the most commonly visited on the Western Front. Jerry Murland’s clearly written, highly illustrated guide is the ideal introduction to it. Visitors can trace for themselves the course of the battle across the modern landscape and gain a fascinating insight into the nature of the fighting – and the wider conflict across the Western Front – throughout the war. Included are a series of routes that can be walked, cycled or driven. Among the key sites covered are Haverincourt, Flesquières, Mœuveres, Graincourt, Cantaign, Marcoing and Masnières, Bourlon, La Vacquerie and Villers-Plouich, Gouzeaucourt and Gonnelieu. In each place Jerry Murland describes the fighting that occurred there, recording what happened, exactly where it happened and why, and he points out the sights that remain for the visitor to see. His guidebook is essential reading for visitors who wish to enhance their understanding of the Battle of Cambrai and the war on the Western Front.