Deathwind Of Vedun
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The Battle Of Verdun
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Author : Louis Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
The Battle Of Verdun written by Louis Thomas and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... had once been a trench. At midnight on the 21st the men were in position, and our first proceeding was the propitious one of capturing sixty-three prisoners who seemed extremely glad to be robbed of the opportunity of measuring themselves against us afterwards. They rubbed their hands and looked as pleased as schoolboys to be out of the war. Among these prisoners was an officer who attempted to escape and was promptly bayoneted by the sentry who was in charge of him. Our counter-attack took place on the 22nd, at 4.30 in the morning. After a short time the Germans themselves returned to the charge and neither side could claim any definite advantage in the end. All that day incessant grenade fighting went on on both sides, while working parties attempted to consolidate the ground. At that time we had no artificial cover. Herbebois is little more than a very thick copse, in the middle of which rise some fine trees. Most of it is simple thicket. But the artillery of the Germans had reduced the wood to a skeleton, and in many places there was nothing but a complicated tangle of branches"and tree-stumps. In this maze all we could do was to make barricades of logs and organize the shell-holes. It was snowing hard and this added to the trials the men had to endure. The Germans renewed their offensive in the night of the 22nd, yet in spite of a hurricane bombardment which was especially noteworthy for its accuracy, their infantry were not able to capture an inch of ground when their turn came. Our men beat them back with devastating loss.. They suffered even more heavily on the 23rd. Once more they deluged our lines for hours on end, and this time sent against us at least the equivalent of a battalion. This attack en masse raised our men's...
Verdun
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Author : Paul Jankowski
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014-04
Verdun written by Paul Jankowski and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04 with History categories.
Paul Jankowski offers a fresh look at Verdun, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War, in a book the will surely become the standard work on the topic.
The Price Of Glory
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Author : Alistair Horne
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-06-28
The Price Of Glory written by Alistair Horne and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-28 with History categories.
The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne's classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there. It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
Verdun
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Author : Christina Holstein
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-02-29
Verdun written by Christina Holstein and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-29 with History categories.
A Battle of Verdun specialist explores the lesser-known events of the left bank in this illustrated WWI history and battlefield guide. This fascinating study explores the background of the battle and casts light on the first three critical months of fighting there. It also explains fateful decision to change the original German offensive plan, extending the action to the Left Bank of the River Meuse. Using only original French and German sources, historian Christina Holstein describes the fighting on the Left Bank and follows the German offensive as it slowly pushed forward, taking three terrible months to reach its objectives: the two hills known as Cote 304 and the Mort-Homme, or Dead Man. The French defense of the Left Bank hills, described by Germans themselves as outstanding, is also covered in great detail. With intimate knowledge of the Verdun battlefield, Holstein describes the events in vivid detail and provides three walking tours through areas of the Left Bank rarely seen by visitors. This volume also contains more than 150 photographs, most of which have never been published before.
Walking In The Footsteps Of The Fallen
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Author : Christina Holstein
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2019-04-30
Walking In The Footsteps Of The Fallen written by Christina Holstein and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with History categories.
A visit to the battlefield of Verdun is usually dominated by the forts of Douamont and Vaux, the museum at Fleury and the striking, huge Ossuary. Although this gives a flavor of the horrific fighting that took place in the area, particularly in 1916, the visitor will be hard pressed to get much more than an impression from such places. This book seeks to guide the battlefield pilgrim into parts of the battlefield that get rarely visited by means of a series of walks, a number of which include the major sites. The four tours have been carefully walked. All are practicable for a reasonably healthy adult; the tours vary in length, most taking a half day to complete and the longest (the last) a day. In a twist to the usual walks to be found in the Battleground series, Christina makes full use of the numerous field graves and isolated memorials that are to be found on the Verdun battlefield, a number of which will bring visitors to the most visited sites. In the course of these walks many physical remnants will be found, such as gun positions, bunkers and trench systems, the significance of which is fully explained. The walks have not been chosen at random; by following these the tourer will get a far greater understanding of why the fighting at Verdun developed as it did and why such places as Fort Vaux were so significant to both sides. The field graves and memorials to the combatants, very often of individuals, provide an opportunity to give their story and the unit action in which they were fighting when they were killed. Verdun is a battlefield where the story of units and individuals can easily become lost in the horror of the incessant fighting that raged over ten months; and over ground which is extremely difficult to read because of the post war forestation program. Profusely illustrated and with excellent mapping, a hallmark of Christina Holstein's books, a visitor who follows the walks in this book will be left with a far clearer idea of the men who fought and died here and of the features of the battlefield and their significance in this battle that so challenged the endurance of the armies of two nations.
Verdun
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Author : David Mason
language : en
Publisher: Windrush Press
Release Date : 2000
Verdun written by David Mason and has been published by Windrush Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
On 21st February 1916 one of the bloodiest, most hard-fought campaigns of World War I began. The Battle of Verdun is one of the earliest episodes in the pantheon of horrific conflict that both marred and shaped Europe in the 20th century. It is a brutal and incredible story which sometimes encompasses glory, great valour and extraordinary heroism on the part of those ranks who amassed there in their millions. It is also the story of one of the greatest abominations ever propagated in the era of modern warfare.
Death Of A Generation
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Author : Alistair Horne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Death Of A Generation written by Alistair Horne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 categories.
Verdun 1916
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Author : William F. Buckingham
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-01-15
Verdun 1916 written by William F. Buckingham and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-15 with History categories.
A gripping narrative of the most infamous Western Front battle of the war. The British remember the Somme, Russia the Brusilov Offensive, and France and Germany remember Verdun
Verdun 1916
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Author : H. W. Kaufmann
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-07-31
Verdun 1916 written by H. W. Kaufmann and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-31 with History categories.
Wrapped in myth and distortion, the Battle of Verdun is one of the most enigmatic battles of the Great War, and the controversy continues a century later. Before the battle the Germans believed they had selected one of the strongest points in the French defences in the hope that, if they smashed through it, the French would collapse. But Verdun was actually a hollow shell since its forts were largely disarmed and the trench lines were incomplete. So why did the Germans fail to take Verdun? As well as seeking to answer this fundamental question, the authors of this perceptive new study reconsider other key aspects of the battle the German deployment of stormtroopers, the use of artillery and aircraft, how the French developed the idea of methodical battle which came to dominate their military thought after the war. They look too at how Verdun brought about a renaissance of fortress engineering that resulted in the creation of the Maginot Line and the other fortifications constructed in Europe before the Second World War.
Verdun 1916
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Author : William Martin
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2004
Verdun 1916 written by William Martin and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
"On 21 February 1916, German General Erich von Falkenhayn unleashed his hammer-blow offensive against the French fortress city of Verdun. His aim was nothing short of the destruction of the French army. He was sure that the symbolic value of Verdun was such that the French would be 'compelled to throw in every man they have.' He was equally sure that 'if they do so the forces of France will bleed to death.' The massed batteries of German guns would smash the French troops in their trenches and bunkers. However, the French hung on with immense courage and determination and the battle became a bloody battle of attrition"--Page 4 of cover.