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Hamel Somme

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Author : Peter Pedersen
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2003-03-19

Hamel Somme written by Peter Pedersen and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-19 with History categories.

On 4 July 1918, American and Australian troops captured the village of Hamel and the ridge overlooking it. It was not a big battle: the equivalent of one Australian division and one battalion of newly arrived Americans were the only infantry involved. Although Hamel is not a famous named battle it is noteworthy for an increased level of sophistication . At Hamel machines went a long way towards relieving the infantry of the obligation to fight its way forward. After the battle, Haig's Headquarters promulgated its lessons for other commanders. Among the senior officers who visited Monash's Headquarters was Brigadier-General Bernard Montgomery. The military thinker and former Tank Corps officer, Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, thought Hamel more important in making the reputation of the Tank Corps than the battle of Cambrai.

Beaumont Hamel

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Author : Nigel Cave
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2010-02-24

Beaumont Hamel written by Nigel Cave 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 2010-02-24 with History categories.

Designed to act as a diversion to the 'big push', Gommecourt was an attempt to force the Germans to commit their reserves to the front line before the main battle took place. This Battlefield Guide tells the reader what happened and relates it to the ground as it now stands today.

Hamel

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Author : Peter Pedersen
language : en
Publisher: Battleground Europe
Release Date : 2003

Hamel written by Peter Pedersen and has been published by Battleground Europe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with France categories.

"Tactically, Hamel (strictly Le Hamel) was what soldiers would call an all-arms battle because it involved infantry attacking with tanks and supported by artillery and aircraft. True, none of these arms was a stranger to the rest by 1918 but they had never been brought together in such a successful combination. The battle represented a quantum leap in tactical method that consigned the technique of 1 July 1916 to a bygone age and became a model for the British Expeditionary Force thereafter. In particular, the stroke on 8 August 1918, the German Army's "black day", was simply Hamel on a larger scale. An understanding of the concept and the plan that emerged from it are crucial for grasping the texture of the attack ... The battle was not part of a larger operation. The plan can be studied without having to take into account its place within a wider scheme. The execution readily breaks down into battalion and even company actions, all of which can be precisely located on the ground and easily followed"--Author's introd.

Tanks On The Somme

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Author : Trevor Pidgeon
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2010-08-19

Tanks On The Somme written by Trevor Pidgeon and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-19 with History categories.

On 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, tanks - one of the decisive weapons of twentieth-century warfare - were sent into action for the first time. In his previous books Trevor Pidgeon, one of the leading authorities on the early tanks, has told the story of that memorable day, but only now has his account of later tank operations during the Somme battle become available. In this, his last work which was completed shortly before he died, he reconstructs the tank actions that took place between late September and November when the Somme offensive was closed down. His account gives a vivid insight into the actions and experiences of the tank crews, and it shows the appalling dangers they faced as they maneuvered their crude, vulnerable and unreliable machines towards the enemy. His book will be essential reading for anyone who is familiar with his previous studies of the subject and for anyone who wants to follow in the tracks of the tanks as they lumbered across the battlefield nearly 100 years ago.

The French On The Somme

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Author : David O'Mara
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-05-30

The French On The Somme written by David O'Mara 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 2018-05-30 with History categories.

For many British visitors, the fighting in the Somme starts on 1 July 1916 and few consider what happened in the area before the British took over the line, part in later 1915 and some in 1916.In fact there was extensive fighting during the opening phase of he war, as both the French and Germans tried to outflank each other. Through the autumn and winter there was a struggle to hold the best tactical ground, with small scale but ferocious skirmishes from Beaumont Hamel to the Somme.The conflict in what became known as the Glory Hole, close to the well known Lochnagar Crater, was particularly prolonged. Evidence of the fighting, mainly in the form of a large mine crater field, is visible today. The underground war was not confined to la Boisselle, with a similar crater field developing on Redan Ridge; whilst south of the Somme, to be covered in a future volume, great lengths of No Man's Land were dominated by mine craters.Serre, best known to British readers for its association with the Pals Battalions on 1 July 1916, witnessed a significant, if local, French offensive in June 1915, with casualties running into the several thousands. It is a battle that has left its mark on the landscape today, with a French national cemetery and a commemorative chapel acting as memorials to the battle.The book is introduced by a chapter describing the role of the area in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, a war which arguably provided the seed bed for the outbreak of war in 1914. Several battles were fought in Somme villages that were to become the victims of war all over again forty plus years later.

Hamel

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1827

Hamel written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1827 with categories.

The Last Great Battle Of The Somme

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Author : G. Y. Cheyne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

The Last Great Battle Of The Somme written by G. Y. Cheyne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Beaumont Hamel, Battle of, 1916 categories.

An examination of the differences between the first and second assault on Beaumont Hamel, an overview of the strategies, weapons, conditions and outcomes of the fighting on the Somme.