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Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Gerald Gliddon's classic survey of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include the latest research and analysis. Supported by a wide selection of archive photographs and drawing on the testimony of those who took part, this new edition covers both the famous battle sites, such as High Wood and Mametz Wood and lesser known villages on the outlying flanks. It includes a day-by-day...
Author
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Over 16,000 men refused to fight in WW1 and became known as Conscientious Objectors.
Their initial incarceration in prison was deemed unsuitable for many and they were, then sent to work centres to be engaged on work of national importance.
One such work centre was in the village of Princetown, Devon, home of the notorious Dartmoor Prison.
This book explores its change of purpose to that of work centre and the daily life, type of work and health...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Dos Passos's second novel, Three Soldiers, was published in 1921 after many rejections from publishers and censorship squabbles. The novel, which was hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication, stands as one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. This anti-war novel focuses on three soldiers, Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco; Chrisfield, a farm boy from Indiana; and Andrews, a musically gifted...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From the iconic to the intimate, each object is illustrated and accompanied by the story of its role within the war and its significance todayObjects allow us to reach out and touch the past and they play a living role in history today. Through them we can understand the experience of men and women during World War I. They bear witness to the stories of men whose only morning comfort in the trenches was the rum ration, children who grew up with only...
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Series
Publisher
Birlinn Limited
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Stationed in Gallipoli during WWI, a wounded Scottish soldier finds love as he longs for home in this novel of memory, romance and the horror of war.
Gallipoli, 1916. A soldier in the British Army's Lovat Scouts, Young Donald Peter Gillies, lies in a hospital bed, blinded by the Turks. There by his side is Louise, a Queen Alexandra Corps nurse, Louise, who cares for him and listens to his stories of home.
Donald paints a vivid picture of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Foreword: "For 11 years, I was closely associated with the Cairo project, and I know how difficult it is to place the undertaking in its proper perspective and to dispassionately evaluate its historical significance. I was accordingly delighted to learn that Virgil Carrington Jones, who needs no introduction to readers interested in Civil War partisan operations and action afloat, had agreed to chronicle the story of the Cairo and her rendezvous with...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1917, the Arras offensive was, begun to break the stalemate of the Western Front by piercing the formidable German defenses of the Hindenburg Line. The village of Bullecourt lay at the southern end of the battlefront, and the fighting there over a period of six weeks from 11 April until late May 1917, epitomized the awful trench warfare of World War I. In Bullecourt 1917, Paul Kendall tells the stories of the fierce battles fought...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the Great War stands at the furthest edge of living memory. There are a handful of men alive who fought in the trenches of the Somme and Flanders. Within their own lifetimes, their memories have become epic history. Hardly a month passes without some dramatic and sometimes tragic discovery being made along the killing fields of the Western Front. Poignant remains of British soldiers buried during battle and...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
World War I's fierce battles saw the need to develop military technology beyond anything previously imagined: as exposed infantry and cavalry were mowed down by relentless machine-gun attacks, tanks were developed. Here Tank Hunter Craig Moore presents every World War I tank, from the prototype "Little Willie," through the French heavy tanks to the German light tank. He gives a focused history of the development of this game-changing vehicle and the...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
World War I claimed more than 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain Leeds offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the "war to end all wars." This highly accessible volume explores themes of local reaction to the outbreak of war; the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry and related unrest; the work of the many hospitals in the...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Coventry offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the "war to end all wars." A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
World War I claimed more than 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Middlesbrough offers an intimate portrayal of the town and its people living in the shadow of the "war to end all wars." A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The First World War was won not just on battlefields but on the Home Front, by the men, women, and children left behind. This book explores the lives of the people and communities in Pershore and the surrounding district in wartime, drawing on their memories, letters, postcards, photographs, leaflets, and recipes to demonstrate the contribution of food, fruit, and vegetables to winning the Great War. Pershore plums were used to make jam for the troops;...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The grand narratives of World War I focus on the action and strategy of combat: this masterful work retells the war in an accessible and genuinely moving way. This work tracks the progress of the global war using the words of more than 100 poets and writers. Their words bring the conflict to life in a real, dramatic and sometimes humorous manner. Numerous accounts of the Great War are written from an Anglo-centric viewpoint but Ghosts of War includes...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A rare look into the German military experience of the First World War written and translated into English by soldiersInfanterie-Regiment 66 fought in most of the great battles on the western front: Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne, Arras, the Somme, the French offensive on the Chemin des Dames, the Kaiserschlacht in March 1918, the German offensive on the Chemin des Dames, the Second Marne, and the Siegfried Line. It continually demonstrated the highest...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wigston Magna, in the heart of tranquil Leicestershire, was transformed from a peaceful existence in August 1914 as war-clouds swept across the skies of Europe. This village, the home of farming folk and framework knitters, suddenly witnessed its young men leaving in vast numbers to answer the call of King and Country. Greater demands were placed upon those who remained as the factories and farms responded to the needs of a wartime nation. A unique...
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This edited diary is Colonel Bill Spackmans extraordinary personal record of his experiences as the Medical Officer of an Indian Infantry battalion during the Mesopotamian Campaign 1914 1916. In particular he describes the harrowing events of the five month siege of Kut and, after the surrender of the 10,000 strong garrison in April 1916, the hardships of the 1,000 mile forced march to Anatolia in Turkey. As a doctor he witnessed at first hand suffering...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Somme sector of the Western Front was held by French forces until early 1916, when the British and Dominions Third and Fourth Armies moved into the northern part, before the joint First Battle of the Somme from July to November 1916. In 1917, with the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, British responsibility moved further south. By early 1918 the British Third and Fifth Armies were responsible as far south as east of Noyon. In Spring 1918...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Stroud's Five Valleys in the Great War offers an intimate portrayal of the region and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. This highly accessible volume explores themes of local reaction to the outbreak of war; the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry and related unrest; the work of the...
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