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Author : Leonard V. Smith,Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau,Annette Becker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521666317
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Author : Jennifer Robson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062273468
A daring young woman will risk her life to find her destiny in this atmospheric, beautifully drawn historical debut novel—a tale of love, hope, and danger set during the First World War. Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But in 1914, the stifling restrictions of aristocratic British society and her mother’s rigid expectations forbid Lilly from following her heart. When war breaks out, the spirited young woman seizes her chance for independence. Defying her parents, she moves to London and eventually becomes an ambulance driver in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps—an exciting and treacherous job that takes her close to the Western Front. Assigned to a field hospital in France, Lilly is reunited with Robert Fraser, her dear brother Edward’s best friend. The handsome Scottish surgeon has always encouraged Lilly’s dreams. She doesn’t care that Robbie grew up in poverty—she yearns for their friendly affection to become something more. Lily is the most beautiful—and forbidden—woman Robbie has ever known. Fearful for her life, he’s determined to keep her safe, even if it means breaking her heart. In a world divided by class, filled with uncertainty and death, can their hope for love survive. . . or will it become another casualty of this tragic war? The paperback includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
Author : Bruno Cabanes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300224948
A renowned military historian closely examines the first month of World War I in France. On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks . . . Yet before the month was out, twenty-seven thousand French soldiers died on the single day of August 22 alone—the worst catastrophe in French military history. Refugees streamed into France as the German army advanced, spreading rumors that amplified still more the ordeal of war. Citizens of enemy countries who were living in France were viciously scapegoated. Drawing from diaries, personal correspondence, police reports, and government archives, Bruno Cabanes renders an intimate, narrative-driven study of the first weeks of World War I in France. Told from the perspective of ordinary women and men caught in the flood of mobilization, this revealing book deepens our understanding of the traumatic impact of war on soldiers and civilians alike. “An exceptional book, a brilliant, moving, and insightful analysis of national mobilization.” —Martha Hanna, author of Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War “This book deserves a wide readership from historians, critics and anyone interested in the catastrophe of war.” —Mary Louise Roberts, Distinguished Lucie Aubrac and Plaenert-Bascom Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison “The sounds, sights and emotions of August, 1914 are all evoked with exceptional skill.” —David A. Bell, author of The First Total War: Napoleon’s Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
Author : Tim Gale
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473881938
A detailed history of France’s development of tanks and the combat the tanks served in during World War I, by an armored warfare expert. The French tank corps was an essential part of the French army from 1917 onwards, yet its history has been strangely neglected in English accounts of the Western Front. Using information derived from the French military archives at Vincennes—much of which has never been published in English before—author Tim Gale describes the design and development of the tanks, the political and organizational issues that arose between the French military and civilian bureaucracy, and the record of these pioneering fighting vehicles in combat. All the major engagements in which French tanks participated are depicted in graphic detail, often quoting directly from recollections left by individual tank commanders of their experience in battle, and each operation is assessed in terms of its impact on French tactics in general and on tank tactics in particular. The Nivelle offensive and the battles of Malmaison, the Matz, Soissons, and Champagne are featured in the narrative, and the actions of the French tanks serving with the U.S. army are covered, too. Much of the material in Tim Gale’s study will be entirely new to non-French speakers. The story will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in the Great War, the French army, military innovation and the history of armored warfare. Praise for French Tanks of the Great War “Gale’s book . . . is very easy to dip into.” —Military Modelling “It is a wealth of information and I would definitely recommend it.” —Forgotten Weapons
Author : Jean Jacques Becker
Publisher : Berg Publishers
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014454501
A well-known authority in the field provides a wide-ranging exploration of the repercussions of the First World War upon the French people.
Author : Donald Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780767913256
The remarkable untold story of France’s courageous, clever vinters who protected and rescued the country’s most treasured commodity from German plunder during World War II. "To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine." –Claude Terrail, owner, Restaurant La Tour d’Argent In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown–until now. This is the thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. Wine and War illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and stands as a tribute to extraordinary individuals who waged a battle that, in a very real way, saved the spirit of France.
Author : Elizabeth Greenhalgh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107012356
A major new account of the role and performance of the French army in the First World War.
Author : Libby Murphy
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300217513
7. Le Cafard: Brutalization, Alienation, and Despair -- 8. Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp: From the Art of Survival to the Survival of Art -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z
Author : Robert A. Doughty
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 067401880X
As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods. French leaders, favoring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts around the periphery of the German, Austrian, and Ottoman empires and eventually break the enemy's defenses. But France did not have sufficient resources to push the Germans back from the Western Front and attack elsewhere. The offensives they launched proved costly, and their tactical and operational methods ranged from remarkably effective to disastrously ineffective. Using extensive archival research, Doughty explains why France pursued a multi-front strategy and why it launched numerous operations as part of that strategy. He also casts new light on France's efforts to develop successful weapons and methods and the attempts to use them in operations. An unparalleled work in French or English literature on the war, Pyrrhic Victory is destined to become the standard account of the French army in the Great War.
Author : Paul Jankowski
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199316892
Paul Jankowski offers a fresh look at Verdun, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War, in a book the will surely become the standard work on the topic.
Author : Leonard E. Opdycke
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000067173140
French Aeroplanes Before the Great War is a catalog of the aeroplanes of the nearly 700 French builders who worked before the onset of World War I. Most of these aeroplanes flew some did not some were never even finished but all of them reflect the extraordinary vitality and sense of optimism that powered the aeronautical world before the future of the aeroplane began to become clearer in wartime. If the Wrights had not flown in 1903, one of the early French builders would very quickly have won the laurels for the first flight. Some of the machines appear in these pages probably for the first time in print; others are rarely seen. This collection serves as a kind of super Exposition Internationale de Locomotion Arienne; readers are invited to enter the Grand Palais, as they might have in 1908 or 1909, to enjoy these marvelous aircraft.
Author : Robert Tombs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134997954
Leading international historians examine the impact of nationhood and nationalism on French life. World-renowned contributors (many publishing for the first time in English), include Eugene Weber, Zeev Sternill, Pierre Sorlin and Jean-Claude Allain.
Author : Bruno Cabanes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300208276
An intimate portrait of a nation in the grip of war
Author : Neil Harris,T. J. Edelstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Art
ISBN : 094305642X
Explores World War I through French graphics from books, magazines, and prints of the period, presenting a wide range of perspectives.
Author : Emile Chabal,Robert Tombs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441130396
This collection examines relations between France and Britain, in particular their conflicting memories of key episodes in their recent past.