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| Author | : Nigel Cave |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 1997-02-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1783409185 |
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.
| Author | : Charles Humble Dudley Ward |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 1921 |
| Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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| Author | : Paul Kendall |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 720 |
| Release | : 2016-06-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 151070874X |
What really happened on the first day of the Somme? Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war. General Sir Douglas Haig's policies have been the subject of considerable debate about whether the heavy losses sustained were worth the small gains that were achieved which appeared to have little strategic value. That was certainly the case on many sectors on 1 July 1916, where British soldiers were unable to cross No Man's Land and failed to reach, or penetrate into, the German trenches. In other sectors, however, breaches were made in the German lines culminating in the capture that day of Leipzig Redoubt, Mametz and Montauban. This book aims to highlight the failures and successes on that day and for the first time evaluate those factors that caused some divisions to succeed in capturing their objectives whilst others failed. An important new study, this book is certain to answer these questions as well as challenging the many myths and misconceptions surrounding the battle that have been propagated for the last 100 years. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
| Author | : John Masefield |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 1917 |
| Genre | : Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 |
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| Author | : Martin Davies |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2016-07-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0750979089 |
This is the story of the British Army's endeavours during the Great War to deceive the enemy and trick him into weakening his defences and redeploying his reserves. In this year-by-year account, Martin Davies shows how Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig actively encouraged their Army commanders to employ trickery so that all attacks should come as a 'complete surprise' to the enemy. The methods of concealment of real military artefacts and the creation of dummy ones were ingenious enough but the real art lay in the development of geographically dispersed deception plans which disguised the real time and place of attack and forced the enemy to defend areas threatened by fake operations. Some of these plans, such as disguising mules as tanks and creating dummy airfields bordered on the farcical but were often amazingly effective. The driving force behind the deception plans was GHQ and the Army commanders, further dispelling the myth of 'Lions led by Donkeys'. Evidence shows that the British Army employed deception to advantage in all their theatres of operation.
| Author | : Major C.H. Dudley Ward |
| Publisher | : Andrews UK Limited |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2012-03-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1781502870 |
This is the history of a pre-war TF division, the 1st London Division. It had the unhappy experience of being broken up right at the beginning of the war to provide reinforcements elsewhere. By the beginning of 1915 the division had ceased to exist, but in January 1916 it was reconstituted in France and numbered ‘56th'. Its first major engagement was the unsuccessful diversionary attack at Gommecourt on 1 July 1916 which resulted in 4,749 casualties. The division remained on the Somme till October and in the following year fought in the 1917 Arras offensive and again at Cambrai. In the German March 1918 offensive the 56th formed the right flank of First Army NE of Arras where, alongside 4th Division, it faced seven German divisions in the ‘Mars' offensive; the German advance here was checked. By the end of the war the division had suffered 34,809 casualties. This account is by an author with a reputation as a writer of regimental and divisional histories, and his experience as a regimental and staff officer in the war show clearly. There is an excellent appendix providing details on order of battle - commanders, staff and units - and the changes, with dates.
| Author | : Gerald Gliddon |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 644 |
| Release | : 2009-11-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0752495356 |
Set out topographically, it covers everything from the famous battle sites of High Wood and Mametz Wood to obscure villages on the outlying flanks. The British first began to take the Somme sector over from the French Army in June 1915. From this time onwards they built up a very close bond with the local population, many of whom continued to live in local villages close to the front line. The author draws on the latest research and analysis, as well as the testimony of those who took part, to present all aspects of a battle that was to become a symbol of the horrors of the Great War.
| Author | : Philip Gibbs |
| Publisher | : W. Briggs |
| Total Pages | : 478 |
| Release | : 1918 |
| Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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| Author | : John Masefield |
| Publisher | : Delphi Classics |
| Total Pages | : 4142 |
| Release | : 2022-06-15 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 1801700591 |
The English Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967, John Masefield produced a wide range of literary masterpieces, encompassing ballads, nature poetry, adventure novels, social dramas and mythological children’s works. His long narrative poems, including the much-celebrated ‘The Everlasting Mercy’ (1911), shocked the literary orthodoxy of the time with its colloquial expressions and coarseness of themes. Masefield is revered for his endeavour to make poetry a popular art and for his influence on the Georgian movement, advocating respect for formalism, as well as bucolic and romantic subject matter. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. For the first time in publishing history, this volume presents Masefield’s complete poetical works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Masefield’s life and works * Concise introduction to Masefield’s life * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Many rare poetry collections digitised here for the first time * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes a selection of Masefield’s novels and non-fiction— spend hours exploring his varied works * The beloved children’s classic ‘The Midnight Folk’ and its sequel ‘The Box of Delights’ * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Poetical Works Brief Introduction: John Masefield Salt-Water Ballads (1902) Ballads and Poems (1910) The Everlasting Mercy (1911) The Widow in the Bye Street (1912) Dauber (1912) The Story of a Round-House and Other Poems (1912) The Daffodil Fields (1913) Philip the King and Other Poems (1914) Good Friday (1916) Lollingdon Downs and Other Poems with Sonnets (1917) Rosas (1918) Reynard the Fox (1919) Enslaved and Other Poems (1920) Right Royal (1920) Selected Poems (1922) King Cole and Other Poems (1923) A King's Daughter (1923) Poems from ‘Sard Harker’ (1924) Poems from ‘Odtaa’ (1926) Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse (1928) Poems from ‘The Wanderer’ (1930) Minnie Maylow's Story and Other Tales and Scenes (1931) A Tale of Troy (1932) A Letter from Pontus and Other Verse (1936) Recent Poems (1955) The Bluebells and Other Verses (1961) Old Raiger and Other Verses (1964) In Glad Thanksgiving (1967) The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Novels Multitude and Solitude (1909) Martin Hyde: The Duke's Messenger (1909) Jim Davis (1911) Sard Harker (1924) ODTAA (1926) The Midnight Folk (1927) The Taking of the Gry (1934) The Box of Delights (1935) The Non-Fiction On the Spanish Main (1906) William Shakespeare (1911) John M. Synge (1915) Gallipoli (1916) The Old Front Line (1917) The War and the Future (1918) The Nine Days Wonder (1941) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
| Author | : Martin Mace |
| Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 604 |
| Release | : 2013-08-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1783830417 |
At 07.30 hours on 1 July 1916, the devastating cacophony of the Allied artillery fell silent along the front on the Somme. The ear-splitting explosions were replaced by the shrill sound of hundreds of whistles being blown. At that moment, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches on their part of the Western Front, and began to make their way steadily towards the German lines opposite. It was the first day of the Battle of the Somme.By the end of the day, a number of the regiments involved had met with some degree of success; others had suffered heavy losses for no gain, whilst a few quite literally ceased to exist. That day, the old infantry tactics of the British Army clashed head-on with the reality of modern warfare. On what is generally accepted as the worst day in the British Armys history, there were more than 60,000 casualties a third of them fatal.In this publication, the authors have drawn together, for the first time ever, all the War Diary entries for 171 British Regiments that went over the top that day a day that even now still touches so many families both in the United Kingdom and around the world. The result will be a vital work of reference to the events of 1 July 1916, a valuable information source for not only for those interested in military history, but genealogists and historians alike.
