Author: Malcolm Brown
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330376723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Published on the eightieth anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this book tells the story of a year during which the casualty lists on all sides were longer, the turns of fortune were most remarkable, and action was most intense.
The Imperial War Museum Book of 1918
Author: Malcolm Brown
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330376723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Published on the eightieth anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this book tells the story of a year during which the casualty lists on all sides were longer, the turns of fortune were most remarkable, and action was most intense.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330376723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Published on the eightieth anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this book tells the story of a year during which the casualty lists on all sides were longer, the turns of fortune were most remarkable, and action was most intense.
The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front
Author: Malcolm Brown
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447264320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An unrivalled and readable introduction to the years of Trench Warfare' TESThe First World War was won and lost on the Western Front. Covering the whole war, from the guns of August 1914 to the sudden silence of the November 1918 Armistice, the IWM Book of the Western Front reveals what life was really like for the men and women involved. With first-hand accounts of off-duty entertainments, trench fatalism, and going over the top, this is an extremely important contribution to the continuing debate on the First World War. Malcolm Brown has updated this edition, introducing new evidence on sex and homosexuality, executions, the treatment or mistreatment of prisoners and shell shock.'A blockbuster . . . as near as anyone is likely to get to the authentic life of the trenches' Yorkshire Post
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447264320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An unrivalled and readable introduction to the years of Trench Warfare' TESThe First World War was won and lost on the Western Front. Covering the whole war, from the guns of August 1914 to the sudden silence of the November 1918 Armistice, the IWM Book of the Western Front reveals what life was really like for the men and women involved. With first-hand accounts of off-duty entertainments, trench fatalism, and going over the top, this is an extremely important contribution to the continuing debate on the First World War. Malcolm Brown has updated this edition, introducing new evidence on sex and homosexuality, executions, the treatment or mistreatment of prisoners and shell shock.'A blockbuster . . . as near as anyone is likely to get to the authentic life of the trenches' Yorkshire Post
The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front
Author: Malcolm Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879389628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879389628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Imperial War Museum Book of 1914
Author: Malcolm Brown
Publisher: Pan Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781447270331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A moving and evocative recreation of 1914 - the beginning of the First World War and the year when the world changed for ever
Publisher: Pan Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781447270331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A moving and evocative recreation of 1914 - the beginning of the First World War and the year when the world changed for ever
The Imperial War Museum Book of the Somme
Author: Malcolm Brown
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
"This book ... offers a ... fresh perspective on that bitterly fought 1916 [Somme] campaign. Using hitherto unpublished evidence from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells its ... story through the letters and diaries of those who were there"--Jacket.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
"This book ... offers a ... fresh perspective on that bitterly fought 1916 [Somme] campaign. Using hitherto unpublished evidence from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells its ... story through the letters and diaries of those who were there"--Jacket.
The Imperial War Museum Book of the First World War
Author: Malcolm Brown
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea
Author: Julian Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Mapping the First World War
Author: Peter Chasseaud
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 9780007522200
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Follow the conflict of World War I from 1914-1918 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary, and photographs More than 150 maps, some previously unpublished, are used here to demonstrate how World War I was fought around the world. Small scale maps show country boundaries and occupied territories, large-scale maps cover the key battles and offensives on all fronts of the war, and trench maps show detailed positions of the front line. Maps from newspapers are also included, as well as battle planning maps and propaganda. Key offensives covered include the Battles of the Marne and Ypres; Tannenberg and the Eastern Front; Verdun and the Somme; the Gallipoli Campaign; Battle of Jutlā§ the Advances to Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad; Vimy Ridge and Passchendaeā¤ and German 1918 offensives and Allied counter-offensives. Along with the maps, key historical events are described, giving an illustrated history of the war from an expert historian.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 9780007522200
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Follow the conflict of World War I from 1914-1918 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary, and photographs More than 150 maps, some previously unpublished, are used here to demonstrate how World War I was fought around the world. Small scale maps show country boundaries and occupied territories, large-scale maps cover the key battles and offensives on all fronts of the war, and trench maps show detailed positions of the front line. Maps from newspapers are also included, as well as battle planning maps and propaganda. Key offensives covered include the Battles of the Marne and Ypres; Tannenberg and the Eastern Front; Verdun and the Somme; the Gallipoli Campaign; Battle of Jutlā§ the Advances to Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad; Vimy Ridge and Passchendaeā¤ and German 1918 offensives and Allied counter-offensives. Along with the maps, key historical events are described, giving an illustrated history of the war from an expert historian.
Notes for Infantry Officers on Trench Warfare
Author: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Defensive (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Defensive (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description