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  • The German Army on Vimy Ridge, 1914–1917

    by Jack Sheldon ...
    The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914. The major battles of spring and autumn 1915 is described as is the twelve month period from late autumn 1915 when British forces occupied the lines on the western Ridge. The period from late autumn 1916 onwards when the Canadian Corps was preparing for the April 1917 assault on the ridge ... Read more

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  • Eyewitness on the Somme 1916

    by Matthew Richardson, Gary Sheffield ...
    What was the soldiers experience of the Battle of the Somme? How did the men who were there record their part in the fighting or remember it afterwards? How can we, 100 years later, gain an insight into one of the most famous and contentious - episodes of the Great War? Matthew Richardsons graphic account, which is based on the vivid personal testimony of those who took part, offers us a direct ... Read more

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  • In Haig's Shadow

    The Letters of Brigadier-General Hugo De Pree and Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

    by Gary Sheffield ...
    This collection of correspondence and newly discovered family papers is " a good read for anyone interested in WWI, or the British Army" ( The NYMAS Review).Hugo De Pree was the nephew of the better-known Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. However, De Pree had a distinguished military career in his own right. He served in the Boer War. He was sent to the Western Front, as Chief of Staff of IV Corps ... Read more

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  • Women in War

    From Home Front to Front Line

    Edited by Celia Lee, Paul Edward Strong ...
    The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of perceptive, thought-provoking essays. By looking at the wide range of ways in which women have become involved in all the aspects of war, the authors open up this fascinating topic to wider understanding and debate. The discuss how, particularly in the two world wars, women have been ... Read more

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  • Command and Morale

    The British Army on the Western Front 1914–1918

    by Gary Sheffield ...
    Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulating of military historians at work today, and this selection of his outstanding essays on the First World War is essential reading for anyone who is keen to broaden their understanding of the subject. For three decades, in a series of perceptive books and articles, he has examined the nature of this war from many angles from the point of view ... Read more

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  • Haig's Medical Officer

    The Papers of Colonel Eugene 'Micky' Ryan CMG DSO RAMC

    by Gary Sheffield ...
    Despite countless conflicting assessments, Field Marshal Douglas Haig remains one of the most controversial and fascinating characters in British military history. To some he was a mindless butcher, to others a true patriot who masterminded Allied victory in the First World War under the most trying circumstances.The papers of Colonel Eugene 'Micky' Ryan, Haig's long serving doctor and confidant, ... Read more

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  • From the Somme to Victory

    The British Army's Experience on the Western Front 1916–1918

    by Peter Simkins, Gary Sheffield ...
    Peter Simkins has established a reputation over the last forty years as one of the most original and stimulating historians of the First World War. He has made a major contribution to the debate about the performance of the British Army on the Western Front. This collection of his most perceptive and challenging essays, which concentrates on British operations in France between 1916 and 1918, ... Read more

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  • The Battle of the Bellicourt Tunnel

    Tommies, Diggers and Doughboys on the Hindenburg Line, 1918

    by Dale Blair ...
    In the summer and autumn of 1918, the British Expeditionary Force, under Field Marshal Haig, fought a series of victorious battles on the Western Front that contributed mightily to the German Army's final defeat. They did so as part of an Allied coalition, one in which the role of Australian diggers and US doughboys is often forgotten. The Bellicourt Tunnel attack in September 1918, fought in the ... Read more

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  • Infantry Attacks

    by Erwin Rommel ...
    Legendary German general Erwin Rommel analyzes the tactics that led to his success. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in the Second World War. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein, the aura surrounding Rommel himself remained unsullied. In this ... Read more

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  • Short History of the First World War

    by Gary Sheffield ...
    The First World War was a watershed in world history. Tragic but far from futile, its origins, events and legacy have roused impassioned debate, creating multiple interpretations and confusion for those encountering the period for the first time.Synthesising the latest scholarship, acclaimed historian Gary Sheffield cuts to the heart of the conflict. He explores such key issues as:- the causes of ... Read more

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  • Kut 1916: Courage and Failure in Iraq

    The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq

    by Patrick Crowley ...
    The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great success, but as the army pressed towards Baghdad its poor logistic support, training, equipment and command left it isolated and besieged by the ... Read more

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  • Wellington: pocket GIANTS

    by Gary Sheffield ...
    Wellington is a giant because he was one of the greatest military commanders in British history, an important figure in the emergence of Britain as a great imperial power, a man who dominated British society and politics for 35 years. He was the only one of Napoleon's contemporaries who can be mentioned in the same breath as a general - a master of logistics, politics and coalition warfare as well ... Read more

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