Germany 1916 23

Author : Klaus Weinhauer,Anthony McElligott,Kirsten Heinsohn
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9783839427347

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Germany 1916-23 by Klaus Weinhauer,Anthony McElligott,Kirsten Heinsohn Pdf

During the last four decades the German Revolution 1918/19 has only attracted little scholarly attention. This volume offers new cultural historical perspectives, puts this revolution into a wider time frame (1916-23), and coheres around three interlinked propositions: (i) acknowledging that during its initial stage the German Revolution reflected an intense social and political challenge to state authority and its monopoly of physical violence, (ii) it was also replete with »Angst«-ridden wrangling over its longer-term meaning and direction, and (iii) was characterized by competing social movements that tried to cultivate citizenship in a new, unknown state.

Author : E. J. Feuchtwanger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06
Category : Germany
ISBN : 0951576461

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Germany 1916-1941 by E. J. Feuchtwanger Pdf

Author : Mark Humphries,John Maker
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554583959

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Germany’s Western Front: 1914 by Mark Humphries,John Maker Pdf

This multi-volume series in six parts is the first English-language translation of Der Weltkrieg, the German official history of the First World War. Originally produced between 1925 and 1944 using classified archival records that were destroyed in the aftermath of the Second World War, Der Weltkrieg is the inside story of Germany’s experience on the Western front. Recorded in the words of its official historians, this account is vital to the study of the war and official memory in Weimar and Nazi Germany. Although exciting new sources have been uncovered in former Soviet archives, this work remains the basis of future scholarship. It is essential reading for any scholar, graduate student, or enthusiast of the Great War. This volume, the second to be published, covers the outbreak of war in July–August 1914, the German invasion of Belgium, the Battles of the Frontiers, and the pursuit to the Marne in early September 1914. The first month of war was a critical period for the German army and, as the official history makes clear, the German war plan was a gamble that seemed to present the only solution to the riddle of the two-front war. But as the Moltke-Schlieffen Plan was gradually jettisoned through a combination of intentional command decisions and confused communications, Germany’s hopes for a quick and victorious campaign evaporated.

Author : Michael B. Barrett
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253008701

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Prelude to Blitzkrieg by Michael B. Barrett Pdf

An authoritative study of World War I’s often-overlooked Romanian front. In contrast to the trench-war deadlock on the Western Front, combat in Romania and Transylvania in 1916 foreshadowed the lightning warfare of World War II. When Romania joined the Allies and invaded Transylvania without warning, the Germans responded by unleashing a campaign of bold, rapid infantry movements, with cavalry providing cover or pursuing the crushed foe. Hitting where least expected and advancing before the Romanians could react―even bombing their capital from a Zeppelin soon after war was declared―the Germans and Austrians poured over the formidable Transylvanian Alps onto the plains of Walachia, rolling up the Romanian army from west to east, and driving the shattered remnants into Russia. Prelude to Blitzkrieg tells the story of this largely ignored campaign to determine why it did not devolve into the mud and misery of trench warfare, so ubiquitous elsewhere. “This work will stand as the definitive study of the Central Powers part of the campaign for some time to come.” —Journal of Military History “Barnett’s book is a valuable addition to the field. He writes well and with authority. He has been able to illuminate a little-known corner of the First World War and provide a state-of-the-art operational history combining detailed narrative with prescient analysis.” —American Historical Review

Author : Timothy T. Lupfer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : UCR:31210004670269

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The Dynamics of Doctrine by Timothy T. Lupfer Pdf

This paper is a case study in the wartime evolution of tactical doctrine. Besides providing a summary of German Infantry tactics of the First World War, this study offers insight into the crucial role of leadership in facilitating doctrinal change during battle. It reminds us that success in war demands extensive and vigorous training calculated to insure that field commanders understand and apply sound tactical principles as guidelines for action and not as a substitute for good judgment. It points out the need for a timely effort in collecting and evaluating doctrinal lessons from battlefield experience. --Abstract.

Author : V. E. Tarrant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Jutland, Battle of, 1916
ISBN : 1860199178

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Jutland by V. E. Tarrant Pdf

This unique account of the Jutland story is the first to deal exclusively and in depth with the German perspective of the battle which took place on 31 May to 1 June 1916. The author has used a wealth of original untapped source material on German views and accounts. Illustrated with detailed action charts representing ship movements, together with accurate scale drawings and silhouettes of all major warships and classes from both sides, this book fills an important gap in the history and understanding of this great action.

Author : Alan Sharp
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908323767

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28 June by Alan Sharp Pdf

On June 28, 1919, the Peace Treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggered Europe's precipitous descent into war. This war was the first conflict to be fought on a global scale. By its end in 1918, four empires had collapsed, and their minority populations, which had never before existed as independent entities, were encouraged to seek self-determination and nationhood. Following on from Haus’s monumental thirty-two Volume series on the signatories of the Versailles peace treaty, The Makers of the Modern World, 28 June looks in greater depth at the smaller nations that are often ignored in general histories, and in doing so seeks to understand the conflict from a global perspective, asking not only how each of the signatories came to join the conflict but also giving an overview of the long-term consequences of their having done so.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Archives
ISBN : WISC:89097257901

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Guides to the Microfilmed Records of the German Navy, 1850-1945 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Colin Nicolson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317888260

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Longman Companion to the First World War by Colin Nicolson Pdf

This new Companion covers one of the most devastating conflicts in modern history. The Great War traumatised a generation and shaped the whole of the twentieth century. Speaking as loudly as any first-hand account, the facts and figures laid out in this volume reveal the sheer massive destruction caused by the war. Covering all aspects of the conflict from its origins and course to the peace settlements and the crises they generated, Colin Nicolson unravels historical controversies and also considers the social, cultural and economic consequences of the war for the whole of Europe. Containing all the essential facts and figures this Companion will be greatly welcomed by teachers, academics and students alike.

Author : Wolfgang Gust
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782381433

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The Armenian Genocide by Wolfgang Gust Pdf

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Overview of the Armenian Genocide -- Bibliography -- Notes On Using the Documents -- The Documents -- Glossary -- Index

Author : Alex Burkhardt
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527540286

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Democrats into Nazis by Alex Burkhardt Pdf

How did millions of middle-class Germans come to support extreme nationalist and anti-democratic groups during the Weimar Republic? This troubling and pointedly argued book addresses this question through a targeted case study of Hof, a small Bavarian town, in the five years after the First World War. During this tumultuous period, a series of devastating crises and violent confrontations discredited the representatives of democratic liberalism and handed the initiative to a reinvigorated radical Right. Crucially, these crises were understood by Hof’s inhabitants as part of a broader “European Civil War” unleashed by the Russian Revolution and Treaty of Versailles. This detailed and disturbing study will be read with profit by students and scholars of modern history who seek new insights into the rise of the Nazis, and into the processes of popular radicalisation that did so much to bring about the destruction of the Weimar Republic.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780963433

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British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought by Mark Stille Pdf

In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This book tells the story of the British and German battleships of these two great fleets – from their development as the first generation of fullyarmoured warships – to their combat experiences. The differing weapon systems and crew training of the British and German fleets are examined in detail, as is the titanic struggle of Jutland, through an hour-by-hour, shot-by-shot, reconstruction. Finally, it analyzes the outcome of the struggle, explaining the successes and failures of these great battleships.

Author : Robert T. Foley,Robert Thomas Foley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521841933

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German Strategy and the Path to Verdun by Robert T. Foley,Robert Thomas Foley Pdf

Almost 90 years since its conclusion, the battle of Verdun is still little understood. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is a detailed examination of this seminal battle based on research conducted in archives long thought lost. Material returned to Germany from the former Soviet Union has allowed for a reinterpretation of Erich von Falkenhayn's overall strategy for the war and of the development of German operational and tactical concepts to fit this new strategy of attrition. By taking a long view of the development of German military ideas from the end of the Franco-German War in 1871, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun also gives much-needed context to Falkenhayn's ideas and the course of one of the greatest battles of attrition the world has ever known.

Author : Philip Zelikow
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541750944

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The Road Less Traveled by Philip Zelikow Pdf

During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's president also concluded that the time was right. The Road Less Traveled describes how tantalizingly close these far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world. Theirs was a secret battle that is only now becoming fully understood, a story of civic courage, awful responsibility, and how some leaders rose to the occasion while others shrank from it or chased other ambitions. "Peace is on the floor waiting to be picked up!" pleaded the German ambassador to the United States. This book explains both the strategies and fumbles of people facing a great crossroads of history. The Road Less Traveled reveals one of the last great mysteries of the Great War: that it simply never should have lasted so long or cost so much.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1154 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1916-07
Category : American literature
ISBN : UTEXAS:059171104769345

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Catalogue of Copyright Entries by Anonim Pdf