Author: Alan Major HENNIKERPublisher:
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Languages : en
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History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. By Direction of the Historical Society of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Transportation on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Author: Alan Major HENNIKERHistory of the Great War
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ISBN: 9780946998005
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
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History of the Great War Based on Official Documents
Author: Atlantic Automobilism
Author: Gijs MomPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782383786
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century, despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs to unearth the desires that shaped our present “car society.” Combining social, psychological, and structural explanations, the author concludes that the ability of cars to convey transcendental experience, especially for men, explains our attachment to the vehicle.
Changing War
Author: Gary SheffieldPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441199527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
In 1918, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) played a critical role in defeating the German army and thus winning the First World War. This 'Hundred Days' campaign (August to November 1918) was the greatest series of land victories in British military history. 1918 also saw the creation of the Royal Air Force, the world's first independent air service, from the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Until recently, British histories of the First World War have tended to concentrate on the earlier battles of 1916 and 1917 and often underplayed this vitally important period. Changing War fills this significant gap in our knowledge by providing in-depth examinations of key aspects of the operations of the British Army, the Royal Air Force and its antecedents in the climactic year of the First World War. Written by a group of established historians and emerging scholars it sheds light not only on 1918, but on the revolutionary changes in warfare that took place at that time.
History of the Great War
Author: Official History of the Great War. Principal Events 1914-1918
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ISBN: 9781474536240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The definitive chronology of events, compiled by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. This record of events is arranged in three parts: General chronological list; Political, Military, Naval and Air; and an Alphabetical list which enables the date of any known event to be found at once. An invaluable if not essential aid to students of the Great War.
The Occupation of the Rhineland, 1918-1929
Author: Sir James Edward EdmondsPublisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
"This volume contains a military account of the 11-year occupation of the Rhineland by British forces and of matters which affected their sojourn and well-being. It continues the history of the War of 1914-18 on the Western Front, taking up the narrative at 11 a.m. on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the moment at which the Armistice of R?thondes became effective on land, and concludes with the withdrawal of the British Army of Occupation in December, 1929"--Page iii.
The U.S. Army in World War I
Author: United States ArmyPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026882113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 11140
Book Description
A century ago, the great powers of Europe became engulfed in what was then called the Great War. The modern U.S. Army, capable of conducting industrialized warfare on a global scale, can trace its roots to the World War. Although the war's outbreak in August 1914 shocked most Americans, they preferred to keep the conflict at arm's length. In April 1917, the president, out of diplomatic options, asked Congress to declare war on Germany. The president ordered nearly 400,000 National Guardsmen into federal service, and more than twenty-four million men eventually registered for the Selective Service, America's first conscription since the Civil War. By the end of 1918, the Army had grown to four million men and had trained 200,000 new officers to lead them. The United States will never forget the American soldiers who fought and died in the World War. To this day, memorials to their sacrifice can be found across America, and the date of the armistice has become a national holiday honoring all those who serve in defense of the nation. Contents: The U.S. Army in the World War I Era The Prewar Army, 1899–1917 At War After the Armistice The American Army and the Great War Joining the Great War April 1917– April 1918 Strategic Setting The U.S. Army Before the War American Military and Civilian Leadership The Amalgamation Debate Mobilization of Manpower Building the AEF, 1917 American Soldiers Begin Arriving Training the AEF Men and Materiel in the AEF The War Department: Challenges and Reform Strategic Crisis on the Western Front The AEF Joins the Fight Joining the World War I Strategic Setting The U.S. Army Before the War American Military and Civilian Leadership The Amalgamation Debate American Soldiers Begin Arriving Men and Materiel in the AEF The War Department: Challenges and Reform Strategic Crisis on the Western Front The AEF Joins the Fight Official Documents of the U.S. Government from the World War I
Review of Current Military Literature
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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