The British Army in Italy 1917-1918

The British Army in Italy 1917-1918
Author: John Wilks
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 251
Release: 1998-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0850526086

After the Italian defeat at Caporetto, a Bri tish Expeditionary Force under General Plumer was despatched from France. This account describes the campaign which ende d after the victory at Vittorio Veneto over the Austrians. '

The Darkest Year

The Darkest Year
Author: Spencer Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781914059988

This book is the latest volume of Spencer Jones's award-winning series which examines the British Army on the Western Front year-by-year.

The White War

The White War
Author: Mark Thompson
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786744383

In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire. Nearly 750,000 Italian troops were killed in savage, hopeless fighting on the stony hills north of Trieste and in the snows of the Dolomites. To maintain discipline, General Luigi Cadorna restored the Roman practice of decimation, executing random members of units that retreated or rebelled. With elegance and pathos, historian Mark Thompson relates the saga of the Italian front, the nationalist frenzy and political intrigues that preceded the conflict, and the towering personalities of the statesmen, generals, and writers drawn into the heart of the chaos. A work of epic scale, The White War does full justice to the brutal and heart-wrenching war that inspired Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.

The British Army in Italy, 1917-18

The British Army in Italy, 1917-18
Author: John Wilks
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

After the disastrous Italian defeat at Caporetto, a British Expeditionary Force under General Plumer was despatched from France. This impressively researched account described this hitherto neglected campaign ending in the victory at Vittorio Veneto over the Austrians.

Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918

Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918
Author: George Catlett Marshall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1976
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

George C. Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As Secretary of State, his name was given to the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. He drafted this manuscript while he was in Washington, D.C., between 1919 and 1924 as aide-de-camp to General of the Armies John J. Pershing. However, given the growing bitterness of the "memoirs wars" of the period he decided against publication, and the draft sat unused until the 1970s when Marshall's step-daughter and her husband decided to publish it.

The British Army and the First World War

The British Army and the First World War
Author: Ian Beckett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2017-05-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107005779

A comprehensive new history of the shaping and performance of the British army during the First World War.

The First World War

The First World War
Author: Michael Howard
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007-01-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199205590

This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the Great War--from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Examining how and why the war was fought, as well as the historical controversies that still surround the war, Michael Howard also looks at how peace was ultimately made, and describes the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany.

The Italian Army and the First World War

The Italian Army and the First World War
Author: John Gooch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2014-06-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521193079

A major new account of the role and performance of the Italian army in the First World War. Setting military events in a broad context, Gooch explores pre-war Italian military culture, and reveals how an army with a reputation for failure fought a challenging war in appalling conditions - and won.