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Germany’s Western Front: 1914

Mark Humphries,John Maker
Germany s Western Front 1914 Book PDF

Author : Mark Humphries,John Maker
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554583959

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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.

Haig's Enemy

Jonathan Boff
Haig s Enemy Book PDF

Author : Jonathan Boff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199670468

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During the First World War, the British army's most consistent German opponent was Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Commanding more than a million men as a General, and then Field Marshal, in the Imperial German Army, he held off the attacks of the British Expeditionary Force under Sir John French and then Sir Douglas Haig for four long years. But Rupprecht was to lose not only the war, but his son and his throne. In Haig's Enemy, Jonathan Boff explores the tragic tale of Rupprecht's war--the story of a man caught under the wheels of modern industrial warfare. Providing a fresh viewpoint on the history of the Western Front, Boff draws on extensive research in the German archives to offer a history of the First World War from the other side of the barbed wire. He revises conventional explanations of why the Germans lost with an in-depth analysis of the nature of command, and of the institutional development of the British, French, and German armies as modern warfare was born. Using Rupprecht's own diaries and letters, many of them never before published, Haig's Enemy views the Great War through the eyes of one of Germany's leading generals, shedding new light on many of the controversies of the Western Front. The picture which emerges is far removed from the sterile stalemate of myth. Instead, Boff re-draws the Western Front as a highly dynamic battlespace, both physical and intellectual, where three armies struggled not only to out-fight, but also to out-think, their enemy. The consequences of falling behind in the race to adapt would be more terrible than ever imagined.

Defending the Ypres Front, 1914–1918

Jan Vancoillie,Kristof Blieck
Defending the Ypres Front 1914 1918 Book PDF

Author : Jan Vancoillie,Kristof Blieck
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526707482

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Defending the Ypres Front, 1914–1918 by Jan Vancoillie,Kristof Blieck Pdf

Published by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele in 2016 in Dutch as Bouwen aan het front, this book examines how the German army developed field fortifications to hold what can loosely be described as the Ypres Front. With the decision by Falkenhayn in 1915 to concentrate Germanys offensive efforts largely in the east, the German defenders around Ypres set to developing their lines for semi-permanent occupation. The sub soil around the Salient generally made it difficult to construct and maintain mined (i.e. deep) dugouts—unlike on, for example the Somme, with easily worked chalk not far below the surface. The only practicable alternative was to use reinforced concrete.In this book the authors (both with many years of experience in researching and working on matters Great War, particularly the German army in Belgium) have examined in detail an impressive range of primary sources to provide a narrative of what the Germans built, how they built it (the logistical challenge was enormous) and how the designs and requirements of bunkers (for example, forward medical bunkers, artillery shelters, machine gun and observation bunkers) changed as the war progressed and as the military situation on the front dictated. There are many photographs, largely unseen by British readers, design diagrams and maps to supplement the text; whilst the activities of selected particular formations are examined in detail to provide an example of the effort that was put into the work.Additions to the Dutch edition will include a tours section, taking a visitor to accessible remaining structures in the Salient area; and a glossary of terms and their English equivalent. The book will be in full color throughout.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front Book PDF

Author : Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher : Random House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2025-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593688670

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The classic tale of a young soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches, widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time—featuring an Introduction by historian Norman Stone. Now a Netflix Film. When twenty-year-old Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another. Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants' physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque's stated intention—“to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war"—remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict's end." Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

Germany's Western Front: 1915

Mark Osborne Humphries,John Maker
Germany s Western Front 1915 Book PDF

Author : Mark Osborne Humphries,John Maker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : NWU:35556040164626

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Germany's Western Front: 1915 by Mark Osborne Humphries,John Maker Pdf

"This volume [2] focuses on 1915, the first year of trench warfare. For the first time in the history of warfare, poison gas was used against French and Canadian troops at Ypres. Meanwhile, conflict raged in the German High Command over the political and military direction of the war. The year 1915 also set the stage for the bloodbath at Verdun and sealed the fate of the German Supreme Commander, Erich von Falkenhayn. This is the official version of that story."--Publisher's description.

Victory at Gallipoli, 1915

Klaus Wolf
Victory at Gallipoli 1915 Book PDF

Author : Klaus Wolf
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526768193

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Victory at Gallipoli, 1915 by Klaus Wolf Pdf

The German contribution in a famous Turkish victory at Gallipoli has been overshadowed by the Mustafa Kemal legend. The commanding presence of German General Liman von Sanders in the operations is well known. But relatively little is known about the background of German military intervention in Ottoman affairs. Klaus Wolf fills this gap as a result of extensive research in the German records and the published literature. He examines the military assistance offered by the German Empire in the years preceding 1914 and the German involvement in ensuring that the Ottomans fought on the side of the Central Powers and that they made best use of the German military and naval missions. He highlights the fundamental reforms that were required after the battering the Turks received in various Balkan wars, particularly in the Turkish Army, and the challenges that faced the members of the German missions. When the allied invasion of Gallipoli was launched, German officers became a vital part of a robust Turkish defense – be it at sea or on land, at senior command level or commanding units of infantry and artillery. In due course German aviators were to be, in effect, founding fathers of the Turkish air arm; whilst junior ranks played an important part as, for example, machine gunners. This book is not only their missing memorial but a missing link in understanding the tragedy that was Gallipoli.

Winning and Losing on the Western Front

Jonathan Boff
Winning and Losing on the Western Front Book PDF

Author : Jonathan Boff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107024281

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Winning and Losing on the Western Front by Jonathan Boff Pdf

An innovative study revealing how both sides adapted to the changing realities of the final months on the Western Front.

Germany’s Western Front

Mark Osborne Humphries,John Maker
Germany s Western Front Book PDF

Author : Mark Osborne Humphries,John Maker
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554583942

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Germany’s Western Front by Mark Osborne 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.

Nineteen Forty-five

Newt Gingrich,William R. Forstchen
Nineteen Forty five Book PDF

Author : Newt Gingrich,William R. Forstchen
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0671876767

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Nineteen Forty-five by Newt Gingrich,William R. Forstchen Pdf

Describes the world that would have existed in 1945 if Adolf Hitler had not declared war on the United States after Pearl Harbor.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front Book PDF

Author : Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher : Random House
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812985535

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The masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all time—with an Oscar–winning film adaptation now streaming on Netflix. “[Erich Maria Remarque] is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank.”—The New York Times Book Review I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . . This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another . . . if only he can come out of the war alive.

The Western Front 1914–1916

Professor Michael S Neiberg
The Western Front 1914 1916 Book PDF

Author : Professor Michael S Neiberg
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908273109

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The Western Front 1914–1916 by Professor Michael S Neiberg Pdf

The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns of the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German colonies in the Pacific, the World War I series provides a six-volume history of the battles and campaigns that raged on land, at sea and in the air.

The Western Front 1917–1918

Andrew Wiest
The Western Front 1917 1918 Book PDF

Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908273116

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The Western Front 1917–1918 by Andrew Wiest Pdf

With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Western Front 1917–1918 provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of the conflict on the Western Front in the final years of World War I.

Great War, Total War

Roger Chickering,Stig Förster
Great War Total War Book PDF

Author : Roger Chickering,Stig Förster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0521773520

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Great War, Total War by Roger Chickering,Stig Förster Pdf

World War I was the first large-scale industrialized military conflict, and it led to the concept of total war. The essays in this volume analyze the experience of the war in light of this concept's implications, in particular the erosion of distinctions between the military and civilian spheres.

The German Army 1939–45 (5)

Nigel Thomas
The German Army 1939 45 5 Book PDF

Author : Nigel Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002178

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The German Army 1939–45 (5) by Nigel Thomas Pdf

This book covers the high command, the developments in unit organisation, the campaigns and the uniforms and equipment of the German Army in the last two years of the war in North-West Europe and Italy. Despite the huge pressure of fighting on three fronts, ever-worsening shortages of manpower and equipment, and Allied command of the skies, Germany's decimated divisions fought on with impressive skill and determination. This period also saw a fascinating mixture of obsolescent, newly designed, and field-made combat clothing which gave the German soldier a radically different appearance from his predecessor of just five years before. Men-at-Arms 311, 316, 326, 330 and 336 are also available in a single volume special edition titled 'German Army in World War II'.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front Book PDF

Author : Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101908082

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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Pdf

A hardcover edition of the classic tale of a young soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches, widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time—featuring an Introduction by historian Norman Stone. Now a Netflix Film. When twenty-year-old Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another. Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants' physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque's stated intention—“to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war"—remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict's end." Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.