The French Army In The Great War
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Pyrrhic Victory
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Author : Robert A. Doughty
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2008-03-31
Pyrrhic Victory written by Robert A. Doughty and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-31 with History categories.
As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods. French leaders, favoring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts around the periphery of the German, Austrian, and Ottoman empires and eventually break the enemy's defenses. But France did not have sufficient resources to push the Germans back from the Western Front and attack elsewhere. The offensives they launched proved costly, and their tactical and operational methods ranged from remarkably effective to disastrously ineffective. Using extensive archival research, Doughty explains why France pursued a multi-front strategy and why it launched numerous operations as part of that strategy. He also casts new light on France's efforts to develop successful weapons and methods and the attempts to use them in operations. An unparalleled work in French or English literature on the war, Pyrrhic Victory is destined to become the standard account of the French army in the Great War.
The French Army And The First World War
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Author : Elizabeth Greenhalgh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-13
The French Army And The First World War written by Elizabeth Greenhalgh and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-13 with History categories.
A major new account of the role and performance of the French army in the First World War.
France And The Great War
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Author : Leonard V. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-03-13
France And The Great War written by Leonard V. Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-13 with History categories.
France and the Great War tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained, and in some ways prevailed in the Great War. In this 2003 book, Leonard Smith and his co-authors synthesize many years of scholarship, examining the origins of the war from a diplomatic and military viewpoint, before shifting their emphasis to socio-cultural and economic history when discussing the civilian and military war culture. They look at the 'total' mobilization of the French national community, as well as the military and civilian crises of 1917, and the ambiguous victory of 1918. The book concludes by revealing how traces of the Great War can still be found in the political and cultural life of the French national community. This lively, accessible and engaging book will be of enormous value to students of the Great War.
Flesh And Steel During The Great War
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Author : Michael Goya
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2018-10-30
Flesh And Steel During The Great War written by Michael Goya and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with History categories.
The noted military historian presents an illuminating study of trench warfare during WWI—and how it influenced the French Army’s evolution. Michel Goya’s Flesh and Steel during the Great War is a major contribution to our understanding of the French Army’s experience on the Western Front, and how that experience impacted the future of its military theory and practice. Goya explores the way in which the senior commanders and ordinary soldiers responded to the extraordinary challenges posed by the mass industrial warfare of the early twentieth century. In 1914 the French army went to war with a flawed doctrine, brightly-colored uniforms and a dire shortage of modern, heavy artillery. How then, over four years of relentless, attritional warfare, did it become the great, industrialized army that emerged victorious in 1918? To show how this change occurred, the author examines the pre-war ethos and organization of the army. He describes in telling detail how, through a process of analysis and innovation, the French army underwent the deepest and fastest transformation in its history.
They Shall Not Pass
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Author : Ian Sumner
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2012-05-19
They Shall Not Pass written by Ian Sumner 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 2012-05-19 with History categories.
“Sumner’s brilliant window onto the French army is a book I cannot recommend highly enough . . . Full of detail and mixed with vivid personal accounts.”—War History Online This graphic collection of first-hand accounts sheds new light on the experiences of the French army during the Great War. It reveals in authentic detail the perceptions and emotions of soldiers and civilians who were caught up in the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen. Their testimony gives a striking insight into the mentality of the troops and their experience of combat, their emotional ties to their relatives at home, their opinions about their commanders and their fellow soldiers, the appalling conditions and dangers they endured, and their attitude to their German enemy. In their own words, in diaries, letters, reports and memoirs—most of which have never been published in English before—they offer a fascinating inside view of the massive life-and-death struggle that took place on the Western Front. The author’s pioneering work will appeal to readers who may know something about the British and German armies on the Western Front, but little about the French army which bore the brunt of the fighting on the allied side. His book represents a milestone in publishing on the Great War. “An interesting, well-written and informative book which goes a long way to explaining why the French army mounted the staunch defense of its homeland that it did.”—Burton Mail “The text is skillfully put together and moves seamlessly from one voice to another while illuminating the flow of events that affected Frenchmen and women during the Great War.”—Stand To! The Western Front Association
The French Army In The Great War
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Author : David Bilton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-06-30
The French Army In The Great War written by David Bilton 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 2019-06-30 with History categories.
A history of the fighting and day-to-day lives of French soldiers on the Western Front in World War I, filled with rare archival photos. Few books have been written in English about the French Army during the Great War, and those that exist feature very few illustrations. This book aims to provide a highly readable and succinct account of the work of the French Army on the Western Front, as well as provide the reader with a wealth of photographs that show the daily life of the French soldier both in and out of the trenches. All of the images are contemporary, many coming from wartime and postwar magazines, interspersed with many previously unpublished images. The book aims to give a concise overview of the war seen through French eyes and includes the casualties incurred. Although the May 1917 mutinies were an important but brief part of the story, they are not dealt with at length because they can distract from the main story of the valor shown by the French troops in battles where the casualties were extremely high. Also included is a lengthy introduction that explains the structure of the army at the onset of the war and some of the problems it faced, as well as a section that looks at the uniforms worn and how they changed during the war.
The Great War And The French People
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Author : Jean Jacques Becker
language : en
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Release Date : 1985
The Great War And The French People written by Jean Jacques Becker and has been published by Berg Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
A well-known authority in the field provides a wide-ranging exploration of the repercussions of the First World War upon the French people.
The First Battle Of The First World War
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Author : Karl Deuringer
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-09-01
The First Battle Of The First World War written by Karl Deuringer and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with History categories.
On 7 August 1914 a French corps attacked towards Mulhouse in Alsace and was immediately thrown back by the Germans. On 14 August, two weeks before Tannenberg and three weeks before the Battle of the Marne, the French 1st and 2nd Armies attacked into Lorraine, and on 20 August the German 6th and 7th Armies counterattacked. After forty-three years of peace, this was the first test of strength between France and Germany. In 1929, Karl Deuringer wrote the official history of the battle for the Bavarian Army, an immensely detailed work of 890 pages, chronicling the battle to 15 September. Here, First World War expert and former army officer Terence Zuber has translated and edited this study to a more accessible length, while retaining over thirty highly detailed maps, to bring us the first account in English of the first major battle of the Great War.
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 French Army In The First World War
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Author : Ian Sumner
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2016-10-30
The French Army In The First World War 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 2016-10-30 with History categories.
The French army of the First World War withstood the main force of the German onslaught on the Western Front, but often it is neglected in English histories of the conflict. Now, though, keen interest in the war in general and in the part the French played in it has prompted a fresh appreciation of their army and the men who served in it. Ian Sumner’s wide-ranging photographic history is an important contribution in this growing field. Using a selection of over 150 rare wartime photographs, he provides a graphic overview of every aspect of a French soldier’s service during the struggle. But while the photographs create a fascinating all-round portrait of the French poilu at war, they also give an insight into the army as a whole, and offer a rare French perspective on the Great War.