The Germans At Beaumont Hamel
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The Germans At Beaumont Hamel
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Author : Jack Sheldon
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2006-09-15
The Germans At Beaumont Hamel written by Jack Sheldon and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-15 with History categories.
Beaumont Hamel is a name which conjures up appalling visions of the catastrophic reverse suffered by men of VIII Corps, British Fourth Army on 1st July 1916, when thousands of men were killed and wounded for no gains whatsoever. Ninety years on, the events of that day still exert a powerful fascination for those interested in the great trench battles. This book, which covers the Old Front Line from Redan Ridge to the Ancre, describes how the defense of the area became so strong, the reasons for German early success during the battle and explains how the British defeat of July was transformed into victory, when the fall of Beaumont Hamel marked the final flicker of success, before the battle was mired to a standstill in the mud.
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.
The Germans At Thiepval
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Author : Jack Sheldon
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Germans At Thiepval written by Jack Sheldon and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
Ninety years after the Battle of the Somme was fought, visitors continue to flock in very large numbers to the massive Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, site of a bitter three-month struggle during the summer of 1916. This book explains in detail how, from the autumn of 1914 onwards, the German defenders turned this key feature into a virtually impregnable position, from which they were able for weeks on end to repulse every attempt to capture it. Drawing on original maps, photographs and personal accounts of the German defenders, the reader is taken stage by stage through the battles for the German front line between Ovillers and Saint Pierre Divion, during the two years from September 1914 to September 1916. It explains why the British attacks of 1st July 1916 failed so catastrophically, and culminates with an account of its eventual loss at the end of September 1916.
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.
The Germans On The Somme
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Author : Philip Gibbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
The Germans On The Somme written by Philip Gibbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 categories.
The Germans At Beaumont Hamel
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Author : Jack Sheldon
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Germans At Beaumont Hamel written by Jack Sheldon and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
"Now thanks to this guide, it will be possible to study possibly the most visited site (at least by those whose ancestors served in the British Expeditionary Force) on the Western Front with a solid understanding of how the enemy fought its battles in the area of Beaumont Hamel and to be moved also by their professionalism, courage, tenacity, and comradeship. Hard work has also identified a number of the casualties of the fighting here who are now buried in the German cemeteries. It is difficult not to feel the grief of their fortunate comrades who survived the war and came back in search of their graves only to find traces of so very few of them. These brave soldiers, every bit as committed as their British or French enemies, deserved a better memorial than that. Hopefully, this book will serve as something of a memorial for them and help us also to understand why the battles of that war were so bitterly fought"--Series editor introd.
The Germans On The Somme Official War Dispatches 1916
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Author : Philip Gibbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-02-01
The Germans On The Somme Official War Dispatches 1916 written by Philip Gibbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with History categories.
This short volume forms part of an occasional series entitled 'Military History From Contemporary Sources'. The idea behind the series is to provide the modern reader with a flavour of how these actions were presented to general audiences at the time the events unfolded. This volume is of especial interest as it deals with the German Army on the Somme. The events from the British perspective are well represented in the huge volume of reports and autobiographical accounts, but for English language readers it is much harder to gain an insight into the war as it was experienced from the German side. Gibb's work is welcome therefore as a rare example of a contemporary attempt to view the war from the 'other side of the hill'. Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs (1st May, 1877 - 10th March, 1962) was an English journalist and novelist who served as one of the five official British reporters during the First World War. These official dispatches all originate from November 1916 and were written following the capture of Beaumont-Hamel by the 51st Highland Division which took place on 13th November 1916.
The Somme
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Author : Robin Prior
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-26
The Somme written by Robin Prior and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with History categories.
Published in a new edition on the centenary of the seismic battle, this book provides the definitive account of the Somme and assigns responsibility to military and political leaders for its catastrophic outcome. “A magisterial piece of scholarship. . . . It is a model of historical research and should do much to further our understanding of the Great War and how it was fought.”—Contemporary Review “Revisionist history at its best.”—Library Journal (starred review) “A major addition to the literature on the military history of the Great War.”—Jay Winter
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.
Walking Into Hell 1st July 1916
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Author : E.G.D. Living
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-07-28
Walking Into Hell 1st July 1916 written by E.G.D. Living 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 2014-07-28 with History categories.
The 1st July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when 60,000 unsuspecting men of the British 4th Army advanced into the teeth of a hurricane of German fire. This well-illustrated anthology examines the events of that terrible day from two very different perspectives. The vivid eyewitness account of the battle from the soldier's point of view is provided by Edward Liveing of the London Regiment. After joining the London Regiment in 1914, Liveing was deployed to both Palestine and to France, where he was wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. This book describes his war on the front line up until his injury on the Somme.??Also on the field that day and engaged in filming the battle for posterity was cameraman Lieut. Geoffrey Malins, who produced the famous documentary film of the battle. At the outbreak of war in 1914, Malins, aged 28, traveled to the Western Front where he acted as a freelance war correspondent, filming newsreels in Belgium and France. 1915 brought a fateful change of direction for Malins when he was recruited by the British Kinematograph Manufacturers Association to make a film of the preparations and the execution of a battle on the Western Front. This proved to be a dangerous business and by the end of the first year Malins, now with the rank of Lieutenant, had found himself deafened, gassed and twice wounded in the line of duty. Malins continued his work as a wartime cameraman before he was discharged from the army in 1918, having suffered bad health for sometime previously.??These two contrasting accounts provide a remarkable insight into the chaotic events as they unfolded on the battlefield and provide the reader with two very different views of the battle as well as the visual records as produced by Malins, and the other photographers and artists at work on the Somme that day.