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Ypres Diary 1914-15

Author : Gavin Roynon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752469738
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Ypres Diary 1914-15 written by Gavin Roynon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Morgan Crofton fought in the Boer War and joined the 2nd Life Guards at 34 years old as a cavalry office. His diary charts his experiences on the front-line at Ypres from late October 1914 to the centenary of Waterloo in June 1915. Crofton describes a battlefield a world away from what he and any of his comrades had experienced before - one of staying still in trenches, being pounded by artillery and the terrifying new power of machine guns. He describes the bewildering pace of technological change as new weapons, such as gas and hand grenades entered the fray. His often ascerbic commentary offers a fascinating glimpse into the mindset of the regular officer class and his outspoken scepticism informs our understanding of a lost generation of professional soldiers.

A Storm in Flanders

Author : Winston Groom
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555847803
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book A Storm in Flanders written by Winston Groom and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Forrest Gump: “A fascinating, evenhanded, page-turning account” of Ypres’s pivotal WWI battles (San Francisco Chronicle). The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded territory in all of World War I—possibly of any war in history. After Germany’s failed attempt to capture Britain’s critical ports along the English Channel, a bloody stalemate ensued in this pastoral area no larger than the island of Manhattan. Ypres became a place of horror, heroism, and terrifying new tactics and technologies: poison gas, tanks, mines, air strikes, and the unspeakable misery of trench warfare. Drawing on the journals of the men and women who were there, Winston Groom has penned a drama of politics, strategy, the human heart, and the struggle for victory against all odds. This ebook features 16 pages of black-and-white historical photographs. “Everything nonfiction should be.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Groom reconstructs a forgotten military passage that serves as a cautionary tale about war’s consequences.” —Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “Groom’s account, full of detail and the smell of gunsmoke, is expertly paced and free of dull stretches.” —Kirkus Reviews “Moving . . . Inspiring . . . An important and brilliantly written book.” —Booklist

Ypres

Author : Ian Beckett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317865340
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Ypres written by Ian Beckett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle for Ypres in October and November 1914 represented the last opportunity for open, mobile warfare on the Western Front. In the first study of First Ypres for almost 40 years, Ian Beckett draws on a wide range of sources never previously used to reappraise the conduct of the battle, its significance and its legacy.

Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945

Author : Eric Storm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317330986
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945 written by Eric Storm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first half of the twentieth century, European countries witnessed the arrival of hundreds of thousands of colonial soldiers fighting in European territory (First and Second World War and Spanish Civil War) and coming into contact with European society and culture. For many Europeans, these were the first instances in which they met Asians or Africans, and the presence of Indian, Indo-Chinese, Moluccan, Senegalese, Moroccan or Algerian soldiers in Europe did not go unnoticed. This book explores this experience as it relates to the returning soldiers - who often had difficulties re-adapting to their subordinate status at home - and on European authorities who for the first time had to accommodate large numbers of foreigners in their own territories, which in some ways would help shape later immigration policies.

The Germans in Flanders, 1914

Author : David Bilton
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 184884445X
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book The Germans in Flanders, 1914 written by David Bilton and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each phase and aspect of the period is described from the German point of view in photographs, captions, and text from German and British primary and secondary sources"--Page 4 of cover.

The Battles of the British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1915

Author : Fred R. van Hartesveldt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313068437
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Battles of the British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1915 written by Fred R. van Hartesveldt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this valuable resource, over 1,000 annotated sources from Great Britain, France, and Germany offer a historiographical reference for study of the British army at the beginning and in the first battles of World War I. Unique to this bibliography is the comprehensive coverage of sources, resulting in a more complete picture of the circumstances of activities of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Sources include coverage of the BEF's military role, as well as background information about domestic military considerations and Allied and enemy efforts. This volume will support researchers and students in their efforts to find out what the Expeditionary Force's contributions were in World War I, and for expanding their knowledge of the Great War and British military history. In this valuable resource, over 1,000 annotated sources from Great Britain, France, and Germany offer a historiographical reference for study of the British army at the beginning and in the first battles of World War I. Unique to this bibliography is the comprehensive coverage of sources, and it results in a more complete picture of the circumstances of activities of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Sources include coverage of the BEF's military role, as well as background information about domestic military considerations and Allied and enemy efforts. This volume will support researchers and students in their efforts to find out what the Expeditionary Force's contributions were in World War I, and for expanding their knowledge of the Great War and British military history. The volume includes four chapters of historiographical essays discussings the interpretations and controversies that surround the performance and leadership of the BEF in 1914-1915. The essays direct readers to the major sources that support various ideas and indicate gaps in the historiography of the subject. Following the historiographical essays is an annotated bibliography of more than 1,000 sources that are relevant to the study of the BEF.

Last Stand At Zandvoorde 1914

Author : Mike McBride
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473891574
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Last Stand At Zandvoorde 1914 written by Mike McBride and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being the son of the Duke of Westminster, whose family traces its lineage back to 1066, Lord Hugh Grosvenor was destined to become a cavalry officer in the prestigious 1st Regiment of Life Guards. Using unpublished letters home and contemporary accounts Noble Sacrifice describes Lord Hughs embarkation for France and the early mounted encounters which halted the enemy onslaught against the contemptible little army. These led to the stalemate of trench warfare and found Lord Hugh and his Squadron holding out at Zandvoorde during the First Battle of Ypres 1914 and being annihilated by superior numbers of enemy forces in some of the most desperate fighting of the First World War. Due to the advances in military hardware, the war for Lord Hugh and his comrades marked a turning point in cavalry tactics. As well as being a dramatic account of Lord Hugh Grosvenors last stand, Noble Sacrifice is a very personal story of courage and self-sacrifice. This heroic yet tragic story has a mysterious twist. The bodies of Lord Hugh and his 100 soldiers were never found - it was as if they had never existed.

A World Undone

Author : G. J. Meyer
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553382403
Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book A World Undone written by G. J. Meyer and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-05-29 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world “Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn generations of admirers.”—The Washington Times On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War: four long years of slaughter, physical and moral exhaustion, and the near collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. Praise for A World Undone “Meyer’s sketches of the British Cabinet, the Russian Empire, the aging Austro-Hungarian Empire . . . are lifelike and plausible. His account of the tragic folly of Gallipoli is masterful. . . . [A World Undone] has an instructive value that can scarcely be measured”—Los Angeles Times “An original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century.”—Steve Gillon, resident historian, The History Channel

Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916

Author : Margot Asquith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198229771
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916 written by Margot Asquith and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Downing Street diary with a difference, offering a unique record and a fascinating insight into the British government during WWI, written by Margot Asquith, the wife of the prime minister, H. H. Asquith.

Ordinary Heroes

Author : Sally White
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445676672
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Ordinary Heroes written by Sally White and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major unsung humanitarian role of British civilians and charities in the Great War and the tremendous bravery and suffering of the volunteers.

Ypres Diary 1914-15

Author : Morgan Crofton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752455792
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Ypres Diary 1914-15 written by Morgan Crofton and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ypres diary 1914-15

The Royal Flying Corps, the Western Front and the Control of the Air, 1914–1918

Author : James Pugh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317016904
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Flying Corps, the Western Front and the Control of the Air, 1914–1918 written by James Pugh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle of 1918 the British Army had successfully mastered the concept of ’all arms’ warfare on the Western Front. This doctrine, integrating infantry, artillery, armoured vehicles and - crucially - air power, was to prove highly effective and formed the basis of major military operations for the next hundred years. Yet, whilst much has been written on the utilisation of ground forces, the air element still tends to be studied in isolation from the army as a whole. In order to move beyond the usual 'aircraft and aces' approach, this book explores the conceptual origins of the control of the air and the role of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) within the British army. In so doing it addresses four key themes. First, it explores and defines the most fundamental air power concept - the control of the air - by examining its conceptual origins before and during the First World War. Second, it moves beyond the popular history of air power during the First World War to reveal the complexity of the topic. Third, it reintegrates the study of air power during the First World War, specifically that of the RFC, into the strategic, operational, organisational, and intellectual contexts of the era, as well as embedding the study within the respective scholarly literatures of these contexts. Fourth, the book reinvigorates an entrenched historiography by challenging the usually critical interpretation of the RFC’s approach to the control of the air, providing new perspectives on air power during the First World War. This includes an exploration of the creation of the RAF and its impact on the development of air power concepts.

The German Army at Ypres 1914

Author : Jack Sheldon
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844681564
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The German Army at Ypres 1914 written by Jack Sheldon and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WWI military expert presents his authoritative study of the German Army’s operations during the First Battle of Ypres. Soon after the First World War broke out in 1914, Allied and German forces attempted to outflank each other in a series of battles along the Western Front. Some of the most intense fighting came in Flanders, Belgium, at the First Battle of Ypres. It was during this battle that generals on both sides confronted the end of maneuvering as they became locked into positional warfare. Historian Jack Sheldon is a renowned expert on the German Army during WWI. In this groundbreaking study of the First Battle of Ypres, he presents a tactical narrative of German operation at the regimental and battalion level. Focusing on the battles around Ypres against the British Expeditionary Force, Sheldon also analyses the fighting against the French and Belgian armies. This book also features the first complete account of German army operations in the battles north of Lille in the late autumn of 1914. Drawing on extensive research into German sources, Sheldon presents the testimony of German participants, shedding light on the experiences of the fighting troops at regimental level and below. He supports this material with historical context and commentary, as well as evidence from senior commanders.

Home Fires Burning

Author : Gavin Roynon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752496026
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Home Fires Burning written by Gavin Roynon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgina Lydia Lee (1869-1965) moved in high society and, together with her husband Charles, had many contacts with members of the Establishment. In October 1913, aged 44, Georgina gave birth to her only child, Harry. Georgina was closely involved with the domestic war. She describes the food shortages that took hold as Britain was blockaded and the terror and carnage caused by the Zepplin air raids that assailed London. Letters from the six serving members of her family alerted her to the despair at the size of the Regular Army in 1914, the reality of the shell shortage scandal in 1915, the shortcomings of Sir Ian Hamilton in the Gallipoli campaign. By late 1916 Georgina shared her countrymen's anti-German feeling, as the scale of the Somme casualties became known. She writes of public figures, such as Sir Edward Grey, Asquith, Churchill and Lloyd George and the events that shook British society in the midst of war. Her diaries offer a fascinating insight into how Britain coped with the pressures and crises of the First World War on the Home Front.

Beneath Flanders Fields

Author : Peter Barton
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773529496
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Beneath Flanders Fields written by Peter Barton and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The product of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields illustrates the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest siege in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front." "In the words of the tunnellers themselves, and through previously unpublished photographs - many in colour - as well as contemporary plans and drawings, this book reveals how this most intense of battles was fought - and won. Few on the surface knew the horrific details of the tunnellers' work, yet this silent, claustrophobic conflict was a barbaric struggle that raged day and night for almost two and a half years, and one which generated mental and physical stresses often far beyond those suffered by the infantry in the trenches. On 7 June 1917 at Messines Ridge, the tension was broken with the opening of the most dramatic mine offensive in history."--BOOK JACKET.

Journal of the American Institute of Architects

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the American Institute of Architects written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modernity, the Media and the Military

Author : John F. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113418820X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Modernity, the Media and the Military written by John F. Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-01-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume explores the history of an important, but neglected sector of the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 in the context of its portrayal in the media. The analysis sheds new light on of the role of the mass media in generating national mythologies. The book focuses on the largely forgotten Armentières and La Bassée sector, a section of the Western Front which saw fighting from many different nationalities on almost every day of the war. Through analysis of this section of the Western Front, this book examines the way the First World War was interpreted, both in official and semi-official sources as well as in the mass media, comparing what was apparently happening on the Western Front battlefield to what was reported in the newspapers. It follows the different sides as they responded to the changing nature of warfare and to each other, showing how reporting was adapted to changing perceptions of national needs.