From The Marne To Verdun
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From The Marne To Verdun
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Author : Charles Delvert
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-10-31
From The Marne To Verdun written by Charles Delvert 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 2016-10-31 with History categories.
Charles Delverts diary records his career as a front-line officer in the French army fighting the Germans during the First World War. It is one of the classic accounts of the war in French or indeed in any other language, and it has not been translated into English before. In precise, graphic detail he sets down his wartime experiences and those of his men. He describes the relentless emotional and physical strain of active service and the extraordinary courage and endurance required in battle. His account is essential reading for anyone who is keen to gain a direct insight into the Great War from the French soldier's point of view, and it bears comparison with the best-known English and German memoirs and journals of the Great War.
The Road To Verdun
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Author : Ian Ousby
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2009-12-23
The Road To Verdun written by Ian Ousby and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-23 with History categories.
On February 21, 1916, the Germans launched a surprise offensive at Verdun, an important fortress in northeastern France, sparking a brutal and protracted conflict that would claim more than 700,000 victims. The carnage had little impact on the course of the war, and Verdun ultimately came to symbolize the absurdity and horror of trench warfare. Ian Ousby offers a radical reevaluation of this cataclysmic battle, arguing that the French bear tremendous responsibility for the senseless slaughter. He shows how the battle’s roots lay in the Franco-Prussian war and how its legacy helped lay the groundwork for World War II. Merging intellectual substance with superb battle writing, The Road to Verdun is a moving and incisive account of one of the most important battles of the twentieth century. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Second Battle Of The Marne
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Author : Michael S. Neiberg
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-09
The Second Battle Of The Marne written by Michael S. Neiberg and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-09 with History categories.
The First Battle of the Marne produced the so-called Miracle of the Marne, when French and British forces stopped the initial German drive on Paris in 1914. Hundreds of thousands of casualties later, with opposing forces still dug into trench lines, the Germans tried again to push their way to Paris and to victory. The Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 to August 9, 1918) marks the point at which the Allied armies stopped the massive German Ludendorff Offensives and turned to offensive operations themselves. The Germans never again came as close to Paris nor resumed the offensive. The battle was one of the first large multinational battles fought by the Allies since the assumption of supreme command by French general Ferdinand Foch. It marks the only time the French, American, and British forces fought together in one battle. A superb account of the bloody events of those fateful days, this book sheds new light on a critically important 20th-century battle.
The French Army At Verdun
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Author : Ian Sumner
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2016-01-31
The French Army At Verdun written by Ian Sumner and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-31 with History categories.
In four and a half years of fighting on the Western Front during the First World War a few battles stand out from the rest. They had a decisive impact on the course of the conflict, and they still define the war for us today. For the French, the Battle of Verdun, fought between February and December 1916, was one of the greatest of these. That is why the selection of contemporary photographs Ian Sumner has brought together for this volume in the Images of War series is so important and revealing. They show the strained, sometimes shocked faces of the soldiers, record the shattered landscape in which they fought, and give us an insight into the sheer intensity of the fighting.At the time, and ever since, the battle has been portrayed as a triumph of French tenacity and heroism that is encapsulated in the famous phrase They shall not pass. These photographs remind us, in the most graphic way, what that slogan meant in terms of the devastating personal experience of the men on the Verdun battlefield.
The Marne 1914
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Author : Holger H. Herwig
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-12-01
The Marne 1914 written by Holger H. Herwig and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-01 with History categories.
For the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars and the world. With exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Holger H. Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle and reinterprets Germany’s aggressive “Schlieffen Plan” as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He paints a fresh portrait of the run-up to the Marne and puts in dazzling relief the Battle of the Marne itself: the French resolve to win, and the crucial lack of coordination between Germany’s First and Second Armies. Herwig also provides stunning cameos of all the important players, from Germany’s Chief of General Staff Helmuth von Moltke to his rival, France’s Joseph Joffre. Revelatory and riveting, this is the source on this seminal event.
The Price Of Glory
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Author : Alistair Horne
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books
Release Date : 1993
The Price Of Glory written by Alistair Horne and has been published by Penguin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 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 To The Vosges Impressions Of The War On The Fortress Frontier Of France
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Author : Gerald Campbell
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-16
Verdun To The Vosges Impressions Of The War On The Fortress Frontier Of France written by Gerald Campbell and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Verdun to the Vosges: Impressions of the War on the Fortress Frontier of France" by Gerald Campbell. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Petain
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Author : Robert B. Bruce
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2008-09
Petain written by Robert B. Bruce and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Analyzes the military career of one of the greatest, yet controversial, French military commanders of the twentieth century
Verdun
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Author : John Mosier
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Verdun written by John Mosier and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with History categories.
Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Perfect for military history buffs, this compelling account of one of World War I’s most important battles explains why it is also the most complex and misunderstood. Although British historians have always seen Verdun as a one-year battle designed by the German chief of staff to bleed France white, historian John Mosier’s careful analysis of the German plans reveals a much more abstract and theoretical approach. From the very beginning of the war until the armistice in 1918, no fewer than eight distinct battles were waged there. These conflicts are largely unknown, even in France, owing to the obsessive secrecy of the French high command. Our understanding of Verdun has long been mired in myths, false assumptions, propaganda, and distortions. Now, using numerous accounts of military analysts, serving officers, and eyewitnesses, including French sources that have never been translated, Mosier offers a compelling reassessment of the Great War’s most important battle.
Neath Verdun
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Author : Maurice Genevoix
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-06
Neath Verdun written by Maurice Genevoix and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06 with History categories.
The war of the French volunteers This book does not concern the Battle of Verdun in 1916--widely considered to be the largest battle in world history, rather it positions the action geographically for the reader. Written during wartime this account concerns the personal experiences of a young officer of the French infantry from the earliest days of the Great War through a period of comparative fluidity of movement before the stalemate of trench warfare. The fighting concerns the actions about the Meuse and the Marne in the first year of the war from a French perspective and concludes as the 'armies go to earth' in the early part of 1915. Genevoix takes the reader into the heart of his enthusiastic young group of comrades and soldiers on campaign to provide valuable insights into the opening phases of the great conflict the French infantry knew. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket.