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The Oxfordshire Hussars In The Great War 1914 1918
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Book Synopsis The Oxfordshire Hussars in the Great War (1914-1918) by : Adrian Wentworth Keith-Falconer
Download or read book The Oxfordshire Hussars in the Great War (1914-1918) written by Adrian Wentworth Keith-Falconer and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Great War Britain Oxfordshire: Remembering 1914-18 by : Jane Cotter
Download or read book Great War Britain Oxfordshire: Remembering 1914-18 written by Jane Cotter and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Oxfordshire offers an intimate portrayal of the county and its people living in the shadowof the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the city and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Oxfordshire is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the archives of Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.
Book Synopsis Oxford in the Great War by : Malcolm Graham
Download or read book Oxford in the Great War written by Malcolm Graham and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the fascinating, and largely forgotten, story of Oxford's part in the Great War. The University City became a military training camp as soldiers and officer cadets occupied men's colleges left virtually empty as undergraduates enlisted. Public buildings were converted into military hospitals where many war casualties were treated. The City also took in Belgian and Serbian refugees.?Oxford dons engaged in vital war work, and academic life largely depended upon the women's colleges. Local industries, including Morris's new car factory at Cowley, converted to war production, and women made munitions or replaced men in other work.??Fear of invasion sparked the formation of a Dad's Army, and a black-out protected the City from air raids. Civilians, especially women, supported the war effort through fund-raising and voluntary work. They also cultivated war allotments as food shortages led to communal kitchens and rationing.??This expert account shows a civilian population coping with anxiety during a titanic struggle in which college heads and the humblest citizens were afflicted equally by the loss of loved ones.
Download or read book The Last Battle written by Peter Hart and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of The Great War, as well as celebrated accounts of the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, Jutland, and Gallipoli, historian Peter Hart now turns to World War One's final months. Much has been made of-and written about-August 1914. There has been comparatively little focus on August 1918 and the lead-up to November. Because of the fixation on the Great War's opening moves, and the great battles that followed over the course of the next four years, the endgame seems to come as a stunning anticlimax. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the guns simply fell silent. The Last Battle definitively corrects this misperception. As Hart shows, a number of factors precipitated the Armistice. After four years of bloodshed, Germany was nearly bankrupt and there was a growing rift between the military High Command and political leadership. But it also remained a determined combatant, and France and Great Britain had equally been stretched to their limits; Russia had abandoned the conflict in the late winter of 1918. However complex the causes of Germany's ultimate defeat, Allied success on the Western Front, as Hart reveals, tipped the scales-the triumphs at the Fifth Battle of Ypres, the Sambre, the Selle, and the Meuse-Argonne, where American forces made arguably their greatest contribution. The offensives cracked the Hindenburg Line and wore down the German resistance, precipitating collapse. Final victory came at great human cost and involved the combined efforts of millions of men. Using the testimony of a range of participants, from the Doughboys, Tommies, German infantrymen, and French poilus who did the fighting, to those in command during those last days and weeks, Hart brings intimacy and sweep to the events that led to November 11, 1918.
Book Synopsis The Territorial Force at War, 1914-16 by : W. Mitchinson
Download or read book The Territorial Force at War, 1914-16 written by W. Mitchinson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Mitchinson analyses the role and performance of the Territorial Force during the first two years of World War I. The study looks at the way the force was staffed and commanded, its relationship with the Regular Army and the War Office, and how most of its 1st Line divisions managed to retain and promote their local identities.
Book Synopsis The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914 - 1919) by : Walter Temple Willcox
Download or read book The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914 - 1919) written by Walter Temple Willcox and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War by : Henry Kenneth Douglas Evans
Download or read book The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War written by Henry Kenneth Douglas Evans and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Professional Journal of the United States Army by :
Download or read book Professional Journal of the United States Army written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Horsemen in No Man's Land by : David Kenyon
Download or read book Horsemen in No Man's Land written by David Kenyon and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the contributions of the British cavalry during World War I. Of what use was the British cavalry during the years of trench warfare on the Western Front? On a static battlefield dominated by the weapons of the industrial age, by the machine gun and massed artillery, the cavalry was seen as an anachronism. It was vulnerable to modern armaments, of little value in combat and a waste of scarce resources. At least, that is the common viewpoint. Indeed, the cavalry have been consistently underestimated since the first histories of the Great War were written. But, in light of modern research, is this the right verdict? David Kenyon seeks to answer this question in his thought-provoking new study. His conclusions challenge conventional wisdom on the subject—they should prompt a radical reevaluation of the role of the horseman on the battlefields of France and Flanders a century ago. Using evidence gained from research into wartime records and the eyewitness accounts of the men who were there—who saw the cavalry in action—Kenyon reassesses the cavalry’s contribution and performance. He offers insight into cavalry tactics and the spirit of the cavalrymen of the time. He also examines how the cavalry combined with the other arms of the British army, in particular the tanks. His well-balanced and original study is essential reading for students of the Western Front and for anyone who is interested in the long history of cavalry combat.
Book Synopsis Review of Current Military Literature by :
Download or read book Review of Current Military Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Winston Churchill Soldier by : Douglas S. Russell
Download or read book Winston Churchill Soldier written by Douglas S. Russell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man Winston Churchill set out to become a hero, to make a name for himself in the public eye as a soldier and so make possible a life of politics and statesmanship. There were many chances to fail and many close calls in the face of sword, spear and bullet along the way. Yet Churchill survived and succeeded – an early measure of his courage and stubborn will that the world would come to know so well in the Second World War. This is the first full-length, fully-researched biography of Churchill's colourful military career. Using an unrivalled range of sources, and with previously unpublished photographs, and detailed maps by Sir Martin Gilbert, it brings to life Churchill's motives, abilities, experiences, successes and failures, and his unswerving sense of destiny as an officer in the British Army. The result is a story to echo the man himself – rich in action, courage, charismatic self-belief, patriotism and humour. Making extensive use of the contemporary accounts of Churchill and his fellow soldiers and archival documents from three continents, illustrated with many maps and previously unpublished photographs, Douglas S. Russell vividly brings to life the military career of the vigorous young officer of hussars who later became the greatest Briton of the twentieth century. From Sandhurst to the mountainous North-West Frontier of India, to the charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, from the South African veldt to the deadly trench warfare of the Great War, the author – whom Sir Martin Gilbert calls 'a keen portraitist' – tells the gripping story of Churchill's army life with careful attention to historical detail and all the drama that the real life adventures of his subject deserve.
Download or read book The Chief written by Gary Sheffield and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Well written and persuasive …objective and well-rounded….this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography’ **** Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday ‘A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it … a balanced portrait’ Sunday Times ‘Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy’ Sunday Telegraph Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had won the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered. In this fascinating biography, Professor Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig’s reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.
Book Synopsis Battle Honours Awarded for the Great War by : HMSO
Download or read book Battle Honours Awarded for the Great War written by HMSO and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final list of battle honours awarded to each regiment as published under Army Order 55 of February 1925. This order directed that "no further submissions concerning the Great War battle honours will be made." Those to be borne on the Colours or Appointments are shown in bold print.
Book Synopsis Journal of the Royal United Service Institution by :
Download or read book Journal of the Royal United Service Institution written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of the British Cavalry by : Lord Anglesey
Download or read book A History of the British Cavalry written by Lord Anglesey and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1995-04-19 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this last volume of a monumental chronicl e, the author shows the part played by the British cavalry i n the First World War. Drawing on material from a number of sources he demonstrates how the cavalry''s superior mobility saved the day time and again. '
Book Synopsis The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art by :
Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: