The History of the South Wales Borderers, 1914-18. By C. T. Atkinson. [With Maps.].
Author | : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. South Wales Borderers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 613 |
Release | : 1931 |
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Author | : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. South Wales Borderers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 613 |
Release | : 1931 |
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Author | : Arthur S. White |
Publisher | : Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2013-02-04 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 178150539X |
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Catalogs, Union |
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Author | : New York Public Library. Reference Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Paul Kendall |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 2012-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0750959940 |
The Battle of the Aisne fought in September 1914 introduced a new and savage mode of warfare to the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force, their French allies and to the German Army. Both officers and men were trained to fight mobile wars. When they reached the north bank of the Aisne, the ‘Old Contemptibles’ would be stopped by the Germans entrenched on high ground, armed with machine guns and supported by heavy artillery. The British commanders would naively send their troops on futile assaults up slopes devoid of cover to attack the German lines dug in on the ridges along the Chemin des Dames and concealed by woodland. The British did not even have grenades. The BEF suffered 12,000 casualties. Their commanders, who were not trained to fight a modern war, were lost for a solution or even a strategy. It was on the Chemin des Dames that the first trenches of the Western Front were dug and where the line that would stretch from the Swiss frontier to the North Sea began. The Battle of the Aisne saw the dawn of trench warfare and a stalemate that would last for the next four years. Wide-ranging archival research by author Paul Kendall makes this the first in-depth study of the battle in print. His correspondence with surviving relatives of those who fought brings a human face to the terrible casualty statistics that would come to define the trenches.
Author | : New York Public Library. Research Libraries |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Library catalogs |
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Author | : Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : International relations |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul Oldfield |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2024-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526735784 |
In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Battles of the Hindenburg Line - St Quentin, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918 and the Pursuit to the Selle is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.