Belgium And The Western Front
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Belgium And The Western Front
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Author : Findlay Muirhead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
Belgium And The Western Front written by Findlay Muirhead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
On The Western Front
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Author : George W. Blank
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12-26
On The Western Front written by George W. Blank and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-26 with History categories.
Excerpt from On the Western Front: German Cruelties in France and Belgium I have written this book chiefly for an After the war livelihood. In addition to the chronological record of the Fifth Evacuation Hos pital under canvas. You will also find a chronological record of the world's greatest war, which you will find not only interesting, but educational. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Western Front
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Author : Marcel Belley
language : en
Publisher: Uniform Press
Release Date : 2017
The Western Front written by Marcel Belley and has been published by Uniform Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
One of the rare books about the First World War thatvisually explores the efforts of the major combatants toremember the fallen along the entire length of the oldWestern Front.The area of Belgium and northern France that was theWestern Front is a place like no other. In a line runningseven hundred kilometers from the English Channelto the Swiss border the horrors of industrialised warconsumed men by the millions for over four years.When the War finally ended, entire societies were inshock and the ensuing outpouring of grief can be seentoday in the countless cemeteries and memorials thatdot the landscape.Much has been written of the British experienceand the work of the Commonwealth War GravesCommission including the major architects of nationalmemorials, but little material can be found regardingthe American, French and German sites.In 2013 Marcel and a friend travelled the entirelength of the Western Front. The images he capturedtell an amazing story and the chapters of the bookare organised in such a way as to help the reader tounderstand the stupendous efforts of the nationsinvolved to remember their fallen.
The Great War
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Author : Hunt Tooley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-29
The Great War written by Hunt Tooley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-29 with History categories.
We have often heard about the brutal world of the trenches, the willingness of brave young soldiers and the apparent indifference of the generals, but reevaluations of the Great War in previous decades have shown us much more complexity, and in many cases some surprising reconstructions of very standard narratives of the war. The traditional isolation of the battle front from the home front, which historians have tended to observe, has given us an incomplete understanding of both fronts. In this study of Word War I, Hunt Tooley crosses the boundaries of national histories to examine the various connections between the 400-mile-long Western Front and the home fronts of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and the United States. Tooley draws on recent research and the wealth of primary souce material available to provide a broad synthesis of a complex event, and to create a more holistic view of the war - as men stayed in touch with those at home, as governments responded to events on the battlefield, and as writers, poets and artists brought the cultural impulses of Europe to the deadly world of the Western Front. In his clearly-written, wide-ranging study, Tooley argues that the seeds of much of the 20th century may have been planted well before the First World War, but - as many social critics, politicians, soldiers, women's movement leaders, and others predicted - the cultivation of these seeds in war would have a powerful and formative effect on the social, political and cultural processes which shaped the 20th century.
The Western Front 1914 Trilogy
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Author : Edmund Dane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-12
The Western Front 1914 Trilogy written by Edmund Dane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12 with History categories.
A unique 1914 trilogy in one special edition This Leonaur special edition, published to coincide with the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, collects three of Edmund Dane's well regarded, concise histories of warfare Never before published in this form, this substantial trilogy covers events from the outbreak of hostilities in late July, 1914, to the battle of Neuve Chapelle in early March, 1915-approximately the first six months of the conflict. Germany had long planned this war. It had its well equipped army's inexorable advance mapped out in every detail, taking into account the French fortifications along it's borders and the terrain to be traversed. German commanders decided to march through the northern flank of Belgium and present this as a 'fait de complete' to the Belgians, sweetened by terms they thought would not be refused. However, the Belgians and their small archaic army, fought back. This resistance, a story of unparalleled bravery and tenacity has been substantially forgotten due to the world-wide carnage that followed. The German Army did, of course, advance through Belgium, into France and towards Paris. The French Army fought as it stubbornly retired and the small regular British Army was quickly transported to the battle line. The B. E. F stood and fought at Mons, but could not endure the seemingly endless supply of German troops thrown at it or the vast superiority in well-served artillery at the disposal of the invaders. A dogged retreat to the Marne was fought, with actions around Le Cateau that saved the British Army from annihilation. The British and French armies turned before Paris and counter-attacked driving the Germans north over the Marne and Aisne. Towards the end of the year the Germans stood at the First Battle of Ypres-a pivotal engagement that marked the beginning of the war of stalemate. From this point on the great armies of the Western Front would gain little on the tortured battleground of blood, mud and wire. Neuve Chapelle was the first of many offensives that defined the conflict-typified by an appalling loss of life for no significant gain. The days of mobility were over and the armies began to dig into the ground for the long haul to 1918. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
A Storm In Flanders
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Author : Winston Groom
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-03-31
A Storm In Flanders written by Winston Groom and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-31 with History categories.
A fast-paced and vivid narrative of the most horrific campaign in history: the four-year slaughter around the Belgian town of Ypres 1914-18. Switching seamlessly between the generals' headquarters, the politicians' councils and, above all, the mud and blood of the trenches, this is a wonderfully accessible history. Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler both fought in the front line at Ypres: Groom reveals what happened to both men. We see the campaign through their eyes and the experience of other officers and men, including the war poet Edmund Blunden (later professor of poetry at Oxford). From the desperate defence put up by the tiny British regular army in 1914 to the infamous Passchendaele offensive, this is popular history at its best.
With Joffre At Verdun A Story Of The Western Front
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Author : Frederick Brereton
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2022-05-15
With Joffre At Verdun A Story Of The Western Front written by Frederick Brereton and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-15 with Fiction categories.
The Strategy On The Western Front
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Author : Herbert Howland Sargent
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-06-02
The Strategy On The Western Front written by Herbert Howland Sargent and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-02 with History categories.
An excerpt from a review in the Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 47, Issues 1: THE THREE ERRORS THERE were three great German offensives on the Western Front, we are told, in each of which Germany made a great strategical blunder: the first Marne, the Verdun campaign of 1916, and the offensive begun in March, 1918. The first alleged error was in attempting the strategical offensive on two fronts at the same time. The Western Front, only one hundred and fifty miles long, was protected by the Moselle and Metz, backed by the Rhine and Strassburg; it could not have been turned by France without violating the neutrality of Belgium or Switzerland. Had Germany held this line defensively with a small part of her combatant forces while she defeated her other enemies in detail, the war would not have lasted more than two years. Thus the Germans would have avoided violating the neutrality of Belgium and the consequential British and American hostility. The failure of the western offensive is attributed particularly to the strength of Belfort, which commands the narrow pass into France between the Vosges and Jura ranges. "Had the Germans been able to capture this fortress," Sargent says, "the way would have been opened for turning the Vosges and the fortresses of Épinal, Toul and Verdun and for the envelopment of the French right wing, which, with the left wing and the little British and Belgian armies already enveloped, would no doubt have resulted in the final surrender of the French army and the capture of Paris." The Second Error: After the battle of the Marne Germany remained on the defensive on the Western Front for about eighteen months, during which she was considerably outnumbered by the Allies. She assumed the offensive in other parts of the theatre of war with successful campaigns against the Russians and Serbians. But before she had entirely disposed of Russia, Serbia and Italy, she again assumed the offensive in the West by way of the Crown Prince's tremendous campaign for Verdun—one of the most formidable in history—which failed. This is charged as a mistake because with the same effort and less loss Germany could "have completed her victories in the Eastern Front, destroyed the army at Salonica, and captured that important seaport; then with greatly superior forces have struck and crushed the Italian army; and then, with all her enemies disposed of outside of France and Belgium, have returned to the Western Front with an enormous preponderance of forces." The Third Error: After the failure at Verdun the Germans again consigned the West to the defensive role, and resumed the offensive against Russia, Romania, and Italy. But here again the Germans were not persistent, for if they had massed their available forces in turn against Salonica and Italy, probably both would have been disposed of, the Germans would have occupied Greece and the valley of the Po, and would have advanced to the French and Maritime Alps for an invasion of France via Nice. Instead of following up her advantages in the Near East and in Italy, Germany precipitated her offense of 1918 in the West, beginning on March 21, with her powerful thrust at Amiens, followed by the attack against the British around Ypres and two attacks against the French between Reimes and Montdidier towards Chateau-Thierry, in none of which attacks was she able to make a sufficiently broad rupture in the line to allow resumption of a war of movement.
Journey To The Western Front Twenty Years After
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Author : Ralph Hale Mottram
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
Journey To The Western Front Twenty Years After written by Ralph Hale Mottram and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Belgium categories.
World War I
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Author : Peter Simkins
language : en
Publisher: Crescent
Release Date : 1991
World War I written by Peter Simkins and has been published by Crescent this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Traces the events leading up to and during World War I, including a year-by-year chronicle, and discusses terrain, artillery, medical services, trench warfare, and other aspects, with an emphasis on the British and Commonwealth experience.