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Call to Arms

Author : Charles Messenger
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780227590
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Call to Arms written by Charles Messenger and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive account of how the British Army coped with and adapted to the enormous challenges and pressures of the First World War -- the first major continental war that the army had had to fight for almost a hundred years. Following the course of the War, both on the Western Front and in other theatres, Charles Messenger tells how the British Army managed the challenges of command, training, technology and new weapons of war. He examines officer selection, medicine, discipline, the manpower crisis of 1918, the integration of women into the forces and many other topics. Based on years of original research, this will become the standard work of reference on the organization and administration of the biggest army Britain has ever put into the field.

British Army 1914-1918

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750958650
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book British Army 1914-1918 written by Andrew Rawson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide to the British Army during the First World War covers the men who fought for Britain: from the ‘Old Contemptibles’ – the professionals who stemmed the German advance at the beginning of the war – to the Territorials, the ‘Derby Men’, Kitchener’s ‘New Army’ and the conscripts who eventually defeated the Kaiser’s armies four years later. Andrew Rawson examines the impressive contributions made by the Dominions and the Empire and explores aspects of doctrine, training, communications, strategy and tactics, together with divisional organisations, histories and the roles of the different Arms and Services. He reviews all aspects of the soldier’s everyday life – uniforms, equipment, rations, trench life, leave and military discipline – and profiles the commanders and the legacy of the war in art, as well as providing information on cemeteries and places of interest. It is all here, in one book.

The British Army 1914–18

Author : Donald Fosten
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780850452877
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book The British Army 1914–18 written by Donald Fosten and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1978-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1869 and 1874, Edward Cardwell, Gladstone's Secretary for War, undertook major reforms to modernise the British Army. The Crimean War and campaigns in India had revealed serious administrative and command shortcomings. Cardwell's legislation was aimed at curing these faults and served as the foundation of a new-style army. His successors put into practice further improvements in tactics, training and command structure, and by the outbreak of war in 1914, the British Army had developed into one of the best professional fighting forces in Europe. This book details the development, composition and uniforms of this "new" army.

Learning to Fight

Author : Aimée Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107190797
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Fight written by Aimée Fox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first institutional examination of the British army's learning and innovation process during the First World War.

Battle Tactics of the Western Front

Author : Paddy Griffith
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300066630
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Battle Tactics of the Western Front written by Paddy Griffith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have portrayed British participation in World War I as a series of tragic debacles, with lines of men mown down by machine guns, with untried new military technology, and incompetent generals who threw their troops into improvised and unsuccessful attacks. In this book a renowned military historian studies the evolution of British infantry tactics during the war and challenges this interpretation, showing that while the British army's plans and technologies failed persistently during the improvised first half of the war, the army gradually improved its technique, technology, and, eventually, its' self-assurance. By the time of its successful sustained offensive in the fall of 1918, says Paddy Griffith, the British army was demonstrating a battlefield skill and mobility that would rarely be surpassed even during World War II. Evaluating the great gap that exists between theory and practice, between textbook and bullet-swept mudfield, Griffith argues that many battles were carefully planned to exploit advanced tactics and to avoid casualties, but that breakthrough was simply impossible under the conditions of the time. According to Griffith, the British were already masters of "storm troop tactics" by the end of 1916, and in several important respects were further ahead than the Germans would be even in 1918. In fields such as the timing and orchestration of all-arms assaults, predicted artillery fire, "Commando-style" trench raiding, the use of light machine guns, or the barrage fire of heavy machine guns, the British led the world. Although British generals were not military geniuses, says Griffith, they should at least be credited for effectively inventing much of the twentieth-century's art of war.

Order of Battle of the British Army 1914

Author : Richard A Rinaldi
Publisher : Ravi Rikhye
ISBN 13 : 0977607283
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book Order of Battle of the British Army 1914 written by Richard A Rinaldi and published by Ravi Rikhye. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete Order of Battle for the British Army in 1914. 470 content pages.

The British Army in World War I (1)

Author : Mike Chappell
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841763996
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (639 download)

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Download or read book The British Army in World War I (1) written by Mike Chappell and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 the British Army was unique: it was a small force raised entirely by voluntary recruitment. The first campaigns of the British Expeditionary Force brought admiration from the enemy, but by the end of 1914 it had been virtually eliminated. Kitchener's call for new volunteers drew such a patriotic response that by mid-1916 the BEF had grown to 55 divisions. This book explains and llustrates the uniform, equipment and organization of the British Army up to the end of the battle of the Somme.

The British Army and the First World War

Author : Ian Beckett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316824543
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book The British Army and the First World War written by Ian Beckett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a major new history of the British army during the Great War written by three leading military historians. Ian Beckett, Timothy Bowman and Mark Connelly survey operations on the Western Front and throughout the rest of the world as well as the army's social history, pre-war and wartime planning and strategy, the maintenance of discipline and morale and the lasting legacy of the First World War on the army's development. They assess the strengths and weaknesses of the army between 1914 and 1918, engaging with key debates around the adequacy of British generalship and whether or not there was a significant 'learning curve' in terms of the development of operational art during the course of the war. Their findings show how, despite limitations of initiative and innovation amongst the high command, the British army did succeed in developing the effective combined arms warfare necessary for victory in 1918.

From Boer War to World War

Author : Spencer Jones
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806189614
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book From Boer War to World War written by Spencer Jones and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I was tiny by the standards of the other belligerent powers. Yet, when deployed to France in 1914, it prevailed against the German army because of its professionalism and tactical skill, strengths developed through hard lessons learned a dozen years earlier. In October 1899, the British went to war against the South African Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State, expecting little resistance. A string of early defeats in the Boer War shook the military’s confidence. Historian Spencer Jones focuses on this bitter combat experience in From Boer War to World War, showing how it crucially shaped the British Army’s tactical development in the years that followed. Before the British Army faced the Boer republics, an aura of complacency had settled over the military. The Victorian era had been marked by years of easy defeats of crudely armed foes. The Boer War, however, brought the British face to face with what would become modern warfare. The sweeping, open terrain and advent of smokeless powder meant soldiers were picked off before they knew where shots had been fired from. The infantry’s standard close-order formations spelled disaster against the well-armed, entrenched Boers. Although the British Army ultimately adapted its strategy and overcame the Boers in 1902, the duration and cost of the war led to public outcry and introspection within the military. Jones draws on previously underutilized sources as he explores the key tactical lessons derived from the war, such as maximizing firepower and using natural cover, and he shows how these new ideas were incorporated in training and used to effect a thorough overhaul of the British Army. The first book to address specific connections between the Boer War and the opening months of World War I, Jones’s fresh interpretation adds to the historiography of both wars by emphasizing the continuity between them.

The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918

Author : Brad Chappell
Publisher : Ravi Rikhye
ISBN 13 : 0977607275
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918 written by Brad Chappell and published by Ravi Rikhye. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A listing of every British Army infantry battalion in the Great War with raising date, formation to which attached, campaigns, and service. 440 content pages.

The Culture of Military Organizations

Author : Peter R. Mansoor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108485731
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Military Organizations written by Peter R. Mansoor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how military culture forms and changes, as well as its impact on the effectiveness of military organizations.

British Air Forces 1914–18 (1)

Author : Andrew Cormack
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841760018
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book British Air Forces 1914–18 (1) written by Andrew Cormack and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outbreak of World War I found the British Army's Royal Flying Corps with just over 200 fragile, unarmed reconnaissance aircraft, and a uniformed strength of just over 2,000 all ranks; the Royal Naval Air Service had some 50 seaplanes. By the Armistice of 1918 the unified Royal Air Force was the largest in the world, with about 22,650 aeroplanes and 27,330 men operating from some 700 bases. This first in a two-part study describes and illustrates, in unprecedented detail, the uniforms of the RFC and RNAS in 1914-18-20. A detailed and interesting study.

British Regiments 1914-1918

Author : Brigadier E. A. James
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 178150153X
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Book Synopsis British Regiments 1914-1918 by : Brigadier E. A. James

Download or read book British Regiments 1914-1918 written by Brigadier E. A. James and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most used and most useful works of reference on the Great War ever published. In this marvellous volume is listed every cavalry and Yeomanry regiment, every battalion of every infantry regiment, Regular, Territorial or other - that existed during the Great War. In every case the location of the unit on 4 August 1914 is given, or the date and place of its formation if raised after the outbreak of war. Its initial disposition, subsequent moves, changes in subordination and final disposal or location on 11 November 1918 are all recorded. Thus, in a masterly and concise form, we have the war service record of 31 regular and 17 reserve cavalry regiments, 57 Yeomanry regiments and their second and third line counterparts and nearly 1,750 infantry battalions. Several appendices contain a mine of information; a table of the infantry regiments showing the number of the different types of battalions each had, regular, reserve, extra reserve, territorial, New Army, garrison etc.; how the New Army battalions were raised; the Training Reserve; list of infantry divisions; summary of battle honours, casualties and VCs of each infantry regiment. Finally, there is a good index.

Command and Morale

Author : G. D. Sheffield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Command and Morale written by G. D. Sheffield and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The British Army in Battle and Its Image 1914-18

Author : Stephen Badsey
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441112960
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The British Army in Battle and Its Image 1914-18 written by Stephen Badsey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of essays of incomparable scholarship, Stephen Badsey explores in individual detail how the British Army fought in the First World War, how politics and strategy affected its battles and the decisions of senior commanders such as Douglas Haig, and how these issues were intimately intertwined with the mass media portrayal of the Army to itself and to the British people. Informative, provocative, and often entertaining, based on more than a quarter-century of research, these essays on the British Army in the First World War range through topics from a trench raid to modern television comedy. As a contribution to progressive military history, The British Army in Battle and Its Image 1914-1918 proves that the way the British Army fought and its portrayal through the media cannot be separated. It is one of a growing number of studies which show that, far from being in opposition to each other, cultural history and the history of battle must be combined for the First World War to be properly understood. For more information visit Stephen Badsey's website www.stephenbadsey.com .

First World War Army Service Records

Author : William Spencer
Publisher : National Archives UK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First World War Army Service Records written by William Spencer and published by National Archives UK. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Archives' celebrated First World War holdings include personal files of officers and other ranks, campaign medals, gallantry and meritorious service awards, courts martial and casualty lists. Its remarkable collection has records of Dominion forces and the Indian Army, the WAAC, the Royal Flying Corps and RAF, as well as auxiliary and nursing services. Over 10,000 individual unit war diaries cover all operational theatres of the British Army, while original trench maps illustrates areas from the Western Front to Salonica, Gallipoli to Mesopotamia, Palestine to Italy.

Enduring the Great War

Author : Alexander Watson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139867253
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Enduring the Great War written by Alexander Watson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay natural human resilience. Drawing widely on contemporary letters and diaries of British and German soldiers, psychiatric reports and official documentation, and interpreting these sources with modern psychological research, this unique account provides fresh insights into the soldiers' fears, motivations and coping mechanisms. It explains why the British outlasted their opponents by examining and comparing the motives for fighting, the effectiveness with which armies and societies supported men and the combatants' morale throughout the conflict on both sides. Finally it challenges the consensus on the war's end, arguing that not a 'covert strike' but rather an 'ordered surrender' led by junior officers brought about Germany's defeat in 1918.