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 Anzac: Sari Bair 
 Author: Stephen Chambers Anzac: Sari Bair Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 240 Size: 44 Mb Language: English The August Offensive was born out of the failures of the Gallipoli landings and the subsequent battles of late spring and early summer 1915. General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, chose to play all his remaining cards in this daring and ingenious gamble that he hoped would finally turn the tide in the allies favor and bring his army up onto the heights overlooking the elusive Dardanelles.
British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930
 Author: Donald J. Lisio British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930 Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107056950 2014 Format: PDF Size: 3,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 344 During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none', one so powerful that Great Britain could not again successfully challenge America's vital economic interests. This book reveals that when the United States offered to substitute naval equality for its emerging naval supremacy, the British, nonetheless, used the resulting two major international arms-control conferences of the 1920s to ensure its continued naval dominance.
The Fighters: The Men and Machines of the First Air War
 Author: Thomas R Funderburk The Fighters: The Men and Machines of the First Air War Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1965 Format: PDF Pages: 224 Language: English Size: 26 MB Here is the story of the epic days when men first spread their wings in war, with authentic eyewitness accounts from American, British, French, German, and Canadian fliers. Here you will find superb descriptions of the tactics, combats, triumphs, and tragedies of fighter aviation from its earliest days of improvisation to the final massed formations in the air.
The First World War - The war to end all wars
 Author: Geoffrey Jukes, Peter Simkins, Michael Hickey The First World War - The war to end all wars Osprey Publishing ISBN: 9781841767383 2003 Format: PDF Size: 22,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 352 Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterised by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun and Ypres incurred human loss on a scale never previously imagined. This book, with a foreword by Professor Hew Strachan, covers the fighting on all fronts, from Flanders to Tannenberg and from Italy to Palestine. A series of moving extracts from personal letters, diaries and journals bring to life the experiences of soldiers and civilians caught up in the war.
Loos - Hill 70
 Author: DAndrew Rawson Loos - Hill 70 Pen and Sword Battleground Europe 2002 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 42 Mb Language: English The Battle of Loos formed part of a wider offensive conducted by both French and British Forces in September 1915. The British First Army, under the leadership of General Haig, were to break through the German line at Loos thanks in part to their superior numbers, while other operations were to achieve a similar result in Champagne and at Vimy Ridge.Due to lack of artillery the Loos attack was planned to be preceded by a massive gas attack. Chlorine gas would hopefully entirely overcome the Germans' inadequate gas masks and lead to a swift breakthrough.Unfortunately all did not go to plan. First some of the gas was blown back into the British trenches causing over 2,000 casualties.
Courcelette (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Paul Reed Courcelette (Battleground Europe) Pen and Sword Military 1998 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 6 Mb Language: English The World War I engagement in which the tank was first used in warfare gets the full Battleground Europe treatment, with two dozen maps, diagrams, and scores of photographs showing this historic area both then and now.
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
 Author: Margaret MacMillan The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 Profile Books 2013 ISBN: 140006855X Format: EPUB Size: 10,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 739 From the bestselling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I. The century since the end of the Napoleonic wars had been the most peaceful era Europe had known since the fall of the Roman Empire. In the first years of the twentieth century, Europe believed it was marching to a golden, happy, and prosperous future. But instead, complex personalities and rivalries, colonialism and ethnic nationalisms, and shifting alliances helped to bring about the failure of the long peace and the outbreak of a war that transformed Europe and the world.
Famous U.S. Navy Fighter Planes
 Author: David Coxe Cooke Famous U.S. Navy Fighter Planes Dodd, Mead & Company 1972 Format: PDF Pages: 69 Language: English Size: 34.6 MB Text and photographs trace the history of American designed fighter planes back from the period of World War I.
Battleships: The First Big Guns
 Author: Philip Kaplan Battleships: The First Big Guns: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Pen and Sword Images of War ISBN: 1783462930 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 144 Size: 6 Mb Language: English This new addition to the Images of War series takes as its focus the early Big Gun battleships that saw development and deployment during the First World War. Iconic ships such as HMS Warspite and Malaya feature amidst this pictorial history that is sure to appeal to fans of the series, and naval enthusiasts in particular.
The Nek: A Gallipoli Tragedy (Anzac Battles)
 Author: Peter Burnes The Nek: A Gallipoli Tragedy Pen and Sword Military Anzac Battles 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 9 Mb Language: English On 7 August 1915, in an ill-fated attempt to break the stalemate at Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian light horsemen repeatedly charged the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish soldiers.The charge at The Nek has been immortalized in art, literature and film and has come to epitomize both the futility and courage of the Gallipoli campaign.
The Germans on the Somme 1914-1918 (Images of War)
 Author: David Bilton The Germans on the Somme 1914-1918 Pen and Sword Images of War 2010 Format: EPUB Pages: 224 Size: 19 Mb Language: English This highly illustrated book covers the activities of the German Army on the River Somme throughout the long years of The Great War. The initial fighting in 1914 was against the French prior to the arrival of the British Army. The 1916 Allied Offensive eventually resulted in the German withdrawal but only at a terrible cost to both sides. The 1918 Kaiserschlacht saw the Germans return, albeit briefly. Each phase is covered from the German perspective using primary and secondary sources. In addition to the wealth of splendid/fully captioned photographs, there is an authoritative general text and a useful chronological order of events. Being arguably the most evocative area in British military history, much has been written on the Somme. What makes this splendid book so different is the author's successful attempt to view events through the eyes of our adversaries.
World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics (Osprey Elite 199)
 Author: Dale Clarke World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics Osprey Publishing Osprey Elite 199 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 66 Size: 4 Mb Language: English As the First World War bogged down across Europe resulting in the establishment of trench systems, artillery began to grow in military importance. Never before had the use of artillery been so vital, and to this day the ferocity, duration and widespread use of artillery across the trenches of Europe has never been replicated. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this groundbreaking study explains and illustrates the enormous advances in the use of artillery that took place between 1914 and 1918, the central part artillery played in World War I and how it was used throughout the war, with particular emphasis on the Western Front.
A Military Atlas of First World War
 Author: Banks A. A Military Atlas of First World War Leo Cooper 2009 Format: DjVu Size: 14 mb Language: English Pages: 327
The Russian Origins of the First World War
 Author: Sean McMeekin The Russian Origins of the First World War Belknap Press ISBN: 0674072332 2013 Format: PDF Size: 5,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 344 The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major reinterpretation of the conflict, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notions of the wars beginning as either a Germano-Austrian preemptive strike or a tragedy of miscalculation. Instead, he proposes that the key to the outbreak of violence lies in St. Petersburg.
Guillemont (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Michael Stedman Guillemont Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 14 Mb Language: English The battle of Guillemont raged throughout Au gust 1916. This book contains the story of this battle which was of a type that was repeated in many places across the S omme in that summer and autumn of 1916.
Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far
 Author: Ashley Ekins Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far Exisle Publishing 2013 ISBN: 1459657748 Format: EPUB Size: 5,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 708 In early August 1915, after months of stalemate in the trenches on Gallipoli, British and Dominion troops launched a series of assaults in an all - out attempt to break the deadlock and achieve a decisive victory. The 'August offensive' resulted in heartbreaking failure and costly losses on both sides. Many of the sites of the bloody struggle became famous names: Lone Pine, the Nek, Chunuk Bair, Hill 60, Suvla Bay. Debate has continued to the present day over the strategy and planning, the real or illusory opportunities for success, and the causes of failure in what became the last throw of the dice for the Allies. This new book about the Gallipoli battles arises out of a major international conference at the Australian War Memorial in 2010 to mark the 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign. Keynote speaker Professor Robin Prior led a range of international authorities from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Germany, India and Turkey to present their most recent research findings. The result was significant: never before had such a range of views been presented, with fresh German and Turkish perspectives offered alongside those of British and Australasian historians. For the resulting book, the papers have been edited and the text has been augmented with soldiers' letters and diary accounts, as well as a large number of photographs and maps.
Beaucourt (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Michael Renshaw Beaucourt Pen and Sword Battleground Europe 2003 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 22 Mb Language: English Beaucourt is one of the last parts of the Battle of the Somme still to be covered, until now, by the splendid Battleground Europe Series. It was also one of the last actions of the Battle of the Somme, 1916.The eventual capture of Beaucourt along with Beaumont Hamel forced the Germans to retreat to their new defensive position known as the Hindenburg Line. Readers are taken on a voyage of discovery through the village of Beaucourt and along the banks of the Ancre in the direction of Cambrai.
Battleground - Aubers Ridge
 Author: Edward Hancock Battleground - Aubers Ridge Pen & Sword 2005 Format: ePub (e-book) Pages: 151 Language: English Size: 8 MB This book describes the action of 9 May 1915 when the battalions of the 1st Division, 7th Division and the Indian Army attacked Aubers Ridge. Their objective was to break the German line and cut the supply route to the enemy troops fighting to the south against a French Offensive at Vimy Ridge. In true Battleground style, the dramatic story is told through the actions of those involved in the fighting. Places and points of interest are highlighted and for those fortunate enough to visit the area there are excellent directions and hints on how to best capture the atmosphere.
The March on Paris: The Memoirs of Alexander von Kluck, 1914-1918
 Author: Alexander von Kluck The March on Paris: The Memoirs of Alexander von Kluck, 1914-1918 Frontline Books 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 256 Size: 5 Mb Language: English Von Kluck saw active military service at an early age during the Seven Weeks' War of 1866 and, in 1870-71, the Franco-Prussian War. Rising through the army, he became inspector general of the Seventh Army District in 1913. During the First World War von Kluck commanded the German First Army, notably in the Schlieffen Plan offensive against Paris at the start of the war in August 1914.
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