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  • Haking: A Dutiful Soldier

    Lt General Sir Richard Haking, XI Corps Commander 1915–18, A Study in Corps Command

    Sir Richard Haking commanded the British XI Corps from 1915 to 1918 mainly in France, but also in Italy (December 1917-March 1918). This first study of Haking takes the form of a review and analysis of his career as a Corps Commander, placing the activities of XI Corps in the context of events on the Western and Italian Fronts. It has three aims. First, it is intended to make a balanced assessment ... Leer más

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  • Victory on the Western Front

    The Development of the British Army, 1914–1918

    Marshal Foch, the Generalissimo of the Allied Armies during the last stages of the First World War, commenting on the victories won during the Hundred Days when the Germans were driven back on the Western Front, said Never at any time in history has the British army achieved greater results in attack than in this unbroken offensive. The scale, speed and success of this offensive have provided ... Leer más

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  • The Soldiers' Peace

    Demobilizing the British Army, 1919

    Armistice in 1918 presented the British government with an enormous challenge how could the British army that had been built up on an unprecedented scale during the war be cut back to a peacetime size and how could millions of soldiers be returned to civilian life?In November 1918, the last month of the war, the British army numbered 3.75 million. One year later that number was reduced to 890,000. ... Leer más

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  • Field Marshal the Earl of Cavan

    Soldier and Fox Hunter

    Field Marshal Lord Cavan (1865-1946) was one of the most distinguished commanders of the modern British army, but he divided opinion among his contemporaries. Some senior soldiers were disdainful. Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson described him as 'ignorant, pompous and vain' and Brigadier General Sir James Edward Edmonds commented that Cavan 'was bone from the neck upwards'. Yet many of Cavan's ... Leer más

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    The 9th East Surrey in the Great War

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    The history of the Great British regiment's World War I service that inspired an award-winning play.R.C. Sherriff, author of Journey's End, the most famous play of the Great War, saw all his frontline service with the 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. This intense experience profoundly affected his writing and, through his play, it continues to have a powerful influence on our understanding of ... Leer más

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  • Last Stand at Le Paradis

    The Events Leading to the SS Massacre of the Norfolks 1940

    de Richard Lane ...
    A chronicle of the WWII British Expeditionary Force unit that faced a German firing squad after surrendering at the Battle of Dunkirk.In 1939, the BEF was deployed to counter the German aggression in Europe. The men of 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, were some of the first to land in France. Less than a year later, they would be massacred by the Waffen-SS in one of the most egregious war ... Leer más

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  • Ypres 1914-1915

    The Fight for Flanders Fields

    de Will Fowler ...
    Ypres was a medieval town known for its textiles; however, it became infamous during the Great War with trench warfare, poison gas and many thousands of casualties.As the German Army advanced through Belgium, it failed to take the Ypres Salient. On 13 October 1914, German troops entered Ypres. On looting the city, the Germans retreated as the British Expeditionary Force advanced. On 22 November ... Leer más

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  • Gubbins & SOE

    General Colin Gubbins was in charge of SOE during World War Two. This is the first biography of a man who was destined to live his life in the shadows. A biography of General Colin Gubbins, who was in charge of SOE during World War II. Gubbins was destined, by the nature of his profession, to live a secretive life, and the book, which incorporates much previously unpublished material, offers ... Leer más

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  • The Somme

    A New History

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    On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous seven-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme. Over the next four and half months they continued to attack, with little or no gain, and with horrendous losses to both sides.This book, written by the world's foremost expert in the subject, describes in chilling detail everything from the ... Leer más

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  • Ypres

    The First Battle 1914

    de Ian Beckett ...
    The battle for Ypres in October and November 1914 represented the last opportunity for open, mobile warfare on the Western Front. In the first study of First Ypres for almost 40 years, Ian Beckett draws on a wide range of sources never previously used to reappraise the conduct of the battle, its significance and its legacy. ... Leer más

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  • Loos 1915

    de Nick Lloyd ...
    In little over three weeks of intensive fighting, which not only witnessed the first British use of poison gas, but also the debut of New Army divisions filled with citizen volunteers, British forces at Loos managed to drive up to two miles into the German positions. However, they were unable to capitalise on their initial gains. After suffering nearly 60,000 casualties (three times the number ... Leer más

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  • The Silent General - Horne of the First Army

    A Biography of Haig's Trusted Great War Comrade-in-Arms

    de Don Farr ...
    Whether or not Henry Sinclair Horne was the ‘silent’ General he might certainly, if he were still alive, lay claim to being the ‘forgotten’ General of the Western Front. His self-effacement in a profession not renowned for shrinking violets undoubtedly made its contribution to his relative anonymity - he wrote no memoirs nor kept anything more than sketchy diaries - but it is still surprising that ... Leer más

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