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Battles on the Tigris

Author : Ron Wilcox
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526781662
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Battles on the Tigris written by Ron Wilcox and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914 the British expedition to Mesopotamia set out with the modest ambition of protecting the oil concession in Southern Persia but, after numerous misfortunes, ended up capturing Baghdad and Northern Towns in Iraq. Initially the mission was successful in seizing Basra but the British under Generals Nixon and Townshend, found themselves drawn North, becoming besieged by the Turks at Kut. After various failed relief attempts the British surrendered and the prisoners suffered appalling indignities and hardship, culminating in a death march to Turkey. In 1917 General Maude was appointed CinC but, as usual in Iraq, policy kept changing. Hopes that the Russians would come into the war were dashed by the Revolution. Operations were further frustrated by the hottest of summers. Fighting against the Turks continued right up to the Armistice. The conduct of the Campaign was subject to a Commission of Inquiry which was highly critical of numerous individuals and the administrative arrangements.

The British Army in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918

Author : Paul Knight
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786470496
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The British Army in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918 written by Paul Knight and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war broke out between the British and Turkish empires in 1914, the 6th (Poona) Division sailed from India to Basra to bolster Britain's allies, deny the port to enemy shipping, and secure Britain's Persian oil supplies. Further expansion followed: the capture of Al-Amara was the British Army's greatest victory of 1915. When an advance on Baghdad was repulsed, the Siege of Kut became the British Army's longest siege and greatest surrender. Attempts to relieve Kut led to unsuccessful battles that were bloody and muddy even by Western Front standards. Under new leadership, revitalized and reinforced, the British avenged their defeat when Baghdad was captured in March 1917. Thereafter, the British Empire committed, in campaigns of limited value to the overall war effort, huge levels of manpower and materiel desperately needed elsewhere. What was created was modern Iraq and the first Arab government in Baghdad in over 400 years. This detailed history places the campaign in context of Allied operations in the Middle East and sheds light on several unsung heroes of the war, including General Charles Townshend whose spectacular 1915 victories led to humiliating defeat and captivity in 1916; General Frederick Stanley Maude whose March 1917 entry into Baghdad preceded General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem by eight months; and Miss Gertrude Bell, a "female Lawrence of Arabia" who played a central role in the creation of the new Iraqi state.

Along the Tigris

Author : Thomas L. Day
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Along the Tigris written by Thomas L. Day and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2007 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Along the Tigris" tells the story of 16,000 soldiers in combat, from the training grounds of Fort Campbell, through the toughest battles in the blitz of Baghdad to the Nineveh province, where the 101st Airborne Division anchored for eight months after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Without precedent or a plan, the division sketched the blueprint to win the peace as they went - rebuilding schools and health clinics, reestablishing the local infrastructure, standing up city governments and building trust with the local people. "Along the Tigris" gets beyond the headlines, telling the true story of the Army's most storied division in the Iraq war.

The Official Names of the Battles and Other Engagements Fought by the Military Forces of the British Empire During the Great War, 1914-1919

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Author : Great Britain. Battles Nomenclature Committee (1919-1921)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Official Names of the Battles and Other Engagements Fought by the Military Forces of the British Empire During the Great War, 1914-1919 written by Great Britain. Battles Nomenclature Committee (1919-1921) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Die-hards in the Great War: 1916-1919

Author : Everard Wyrall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Die-hards in the Great War: 1916-1919 written by Everard Wyrall and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Die-Hards in the Great War: Vol. 2

Author : Everard Wyrall
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 178150833X
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book The Die-Hards in the Great War: Vol. 2 written by Everard Wyrall and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Die-Hards' is the nickname of the Middlesex Regiment, earned at the battle of Albuera in the Peninsular War in May 1811. The Regiment was one of five that had four regular battalions before the outbreak of war, it also had two Special Reserve battalions (5th and 6th) and four Territorial battalions, 7th to 10th. During the course of the war another thirty-nine battalions were formed making the Regiment the second largest along with the King's (Liverpool), though not all battalions survived to the end of the war; twenty-four of them went abroad, serving on the Western Front, Gallipoli, Italy, Macedonia, Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, Palestine, Gibraltar and Siberia. Losses amounted to 12,720, 81 Battle Honours and 5 VCs were awarded. The Middlesex were in it right from the start, the first soldier of the BEF to be killed was L/Cpl Parr, 4th Middlesex, on 21 August 1914, and the first officer to be killed was from the same battalion - Major W.H Abell, at Mons on 23 August. This is not a history that deals with each battalion independently, there are too many of them. The narrative describes the fortunes of the twenty-four active service battalions (with very good maps) in the various theatres of war, though mainly on the Western Front, and on every page there is, in the margin the date of the action or event being described and the battalion or battalions involved. The first volume covers 1914 to the end of 1916, and the second takes up the story from the beginning of 1917 to the armistice, including a chapter on operations in Siberia and Murmansk involving the 25th Battalion which didn't get home till September 1919. Speaking of his battalion [25th] the CO said: "One and all behaved like Englishmen - the highest eulogy that can be passed upon the conduct of men." Sentiments like that expressed today would almost get you clapped in irons! There is no Roll of Honour nor list of Honours and Awards. There is a very useful appendix listing all the active service battalions with the brigades and divisions to which they were allocated with any subsequent changes, and the theatres in which they served.

Indian Army and the First World War

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199093679
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Indian Army and the First World War written by Kaushik Roy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accustomed to conducting low-intensity warfare before 1914, the Indian Army learnt to engage in high-intensity conventional warfare during the course of World War I, thereby exhibiting a steep learning curve. Being the bulwark of the British Empire in South Asia, the ‘brown warriors’ of the Raj functioned as an imperial fire brigade during the war. Studying the Indian Army as an institution during the war, Kaushik Roy delineates its social, cultural, and organizational aspects to understand its role in the scheme of British imperial projects. Focusing not just on ‘history from above’ but also ‘history from below’, Roy analyses the experiences of common soldiers and not just those of the high command. Moreover, since society, along with the army, was mobilized to provide military and non-military support, this volume sheds light on the repercussions of this mass mobilization on the structure of British rule in South Asia. Using rare archival materials, published autobiographies, and diaries, Roy’s work offers a holistic analysis of the military performance of the Indian Army in major theatres during the war.

Tigers Along the Tigris

Author : E. J. Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846773662
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Tigers Along the Tigris written by E. J. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiences with a famous county regiment in Iraq during the First World War Beyond the attrition of the Western Front trenches, the Great War raged all over the globe. These 'sideshows' were full scale conflicts by the standards of war to that time, only diminished by the magnitude of the campaigns in France and Belgium. The war against Turkey, Germany's ally, raged from the Turkish homeland itself to the complete expanse of the crumbling Ottoman Empire in North Africa, the Holy Land and the cradle of civilisation itself-Mesopotamia-now modern day Iraq-a land through which flowed the Tigris and Euphrates-rivers of romance and legend. There was little romantic of the war the Leicestershire regiment knew. 'Johnny'-the tough enemy, the omnipresent German air force, the heat and flies were all exacerbated by rampant disease which decimated the allied troops. As part of the 7th (Meerut) Division the 'Tigers'-as the regiment were nicknamed after their distinctive cap badge-fought vicious actions in the Battles for Istabulat, Samarra and Juber Island during the 1917 campaigns beyond Baghdad towards Tekrit in the north of the country. This is a well written eyewitness account, which introduces us to the officers and men who wore the 'Black Diamond' hat badge, and is full of 'on the spot' detail and fascinating descriptions of intense combat.

Battles That Changed American History

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440828628
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Battles That Changed American History written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and informative analysis by a distinguished military historian of the 100 most influential battles in American history, presented in an accessible, ready-reference format. The Battle of Okinawa (April–June 1945) resulted in more U.S. Navy casualties than all of the navy's previous wars combined; these heavy casualties influenced the decision to employ the atomic bomb against Japan that August. This is just one of many instances in American military history when the outcome of a battle helped to establish the course of history—the focus of this latest encyclopedia from esteemed historian Spencer C. Tucker. The 100 battles spotlighted in this work—which include defeats as well as victories—are deemed to have had the greatest impact on American history. Spanning more than 500 years of military events, the book begins its coverage with the Battle of Mabila in 1540 during the Age of Discovery and ends with the Second Battle of Falluja during the Iraq War/Insurgency in 2004. Expertly written, informative, and thoughtful, this analysis will be insightful and interesting for all high school, undergraduate, and general readers.

The Army in British India

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441110763
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Army in British India written by Kaushik Roy and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The army in India was the principal pillar of British power in South Asia from the mid-nineteenth century until Indian independence. This volume aims to evaluate the combat effectiveness of the army in British India from the mutiny of 1857 until the British departed India in 1947. It examines how the army in India developed from a colonial police force into one of the world's largest volunteer armies which saw service around the globe. The author presents new primary material from international archival sources and develops original interpretations of the political and military role of the army in colonial India. These new arguments include: the army's conduct of 'small wars' on the North-West frontier aided it in conducting tactical warfare in Burma during World War II; small unit raids developed in India were put to good effect beyond India's borders; the army's practical experience of counter-insurgency was used in Greece and Indonesia after 1945; and, contrary to existing scholarship, the British did not follow a deliberate policy of 'Indianization' of the officer corps .

The "Manchester Guardian", History of the War

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Desert Battles

Author : Bruce Allen Watson
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811733809
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Desert Battles written by Bruce Allen Watson and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounts of men at war in some of the world's most hostile environments Surprising and illuminating conclusions about desert warfare Features chapters on: Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798-99 The British campaign along India's northwest frontier from 1849 to 1852 The Iraq campaign during World War I The British counterattack against the Italians in North Africa in 1940-41 The exploits of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps in North Africa in 1941 The 1973 Yom Kippur War The 1991 Gulf War Desert Battles is a study of the nature of desert warfare with special attention to the evolution of weaponry, the organization of forces, the impact of the desert environment on the ability of those forces to sustain battle, and the influences of the desert on battle tactics.

Surging South of Baghdad: The 3rd Infantry Division

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437981194
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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The Great War

Author : Herbert Wrigley Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great War written by Herbert Wrigley Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Power Boating

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Power Boating written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World

Author : Edward Shepherd Creasy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World written by Edward Shepherd Creasy and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Famous and Decisive Battles of the World

Author : Charles King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
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Download or read book Famous and Decisive Battles of the World written by Charles King and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: