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Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds,Allen Leon Churchill,Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Writat
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390439248
The History of the Great War in Eight Volumes.
Author : Allen Leon Churchill
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1722382368
The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources By Allen Leon Churchill CHAPTER I ATTACK ON BELGIUM The first great campaign on the western battle grounds in the European War began on August 4, 1914. On this epoch-making day the German army began its invasion of Belgium-with the conquest of France as its ultimate goal. Six mighty armies stood ready for the great invasion. Their estimated total was 1,200,000 men. Supreme over all was the Emperor as War Lord, but Lieutenant General Helmuth von Moltke, chief of the General Staff, was the practical director of military operations. General von Moltke was a nephew of the great strategist of 1870, and his name possibly appealed as of happy augury for repeating the former capture of Paris. The First Army was assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle in the north of Belgium, within a few miles of the Dutch frontier. It was under the command of General von Kluck. He was a veteran of both the Austrian and Franco-Prussian Wars, and was regarded as an able infantry leader. His part was to enter Belgium at its northern triangle, which projects between Holland and Germany, occupy Liege, deploy on the great central plains of Belgium, then sweep toward the French northwestern frontier in the German dash for Paris and the English Channel. His army thus formed the right wing of the whole German offensive. It was composed of picked corps, including cavalry of the Prussian Guard. The Second Army had gathered in the neighborhood of Limbourg under the command of General von Bülow. Its advance was planned down the valleys of the Ourthe and Vesdre to a junction with Von Kluck at Liege, then a march by the Meuse Valley upon Namur and Charleroi. In crossing the Sambre it was to fall into place on the left of Von Kluck's army. The German center was composed of the Third Army under Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, the Fourth Army led by the crown prince, and the Fifth Army commanded by the Crown Prince of Bavaria. It was assembled on the line Neufchateau-Treves-Metz. Its first offensive was the occupation of Luxemburg. This was performed, after a somewhat dramatic protest by the youthful Grand Duchess, who placed her motor car across the bridge by which the Germans entered her internationally guaranteed independent state. The German pretext was that since Luxemburg railways were German controlled, they were required for the transport of troops. Preparations were then made for a rapid advance through the Ardennes upon the Central Meuse, to form in order upon the left of Von Bülow's army. A part of the Fifth Army was to be detached for operations against the French fortress of Verdun. The Sixth Army was concentrated at Strassburg in Alsace, under General von Heeringen. As inspector of the Prussian Guards he bore a very high military reputation. For the time being General von Heeringen's part was to remain in Alsace, to deal with a possibly looked for strong French offensive by way of the Vosges or Belfort. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds,Allen Leon Churchill,Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : WISC:89094795663
Author : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,Various
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1501077090
This ebook is the second in a series of eight, it deals mainly with the battles of 1914, and slightly into 1915. There a great many details about the armies and their respective battles. Forgotten by most is the fact that 1.3 million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War. The war exposed Indian troops to modern warcraft for the first time. Roped in by the British to help halt the German juggernaut, these men were only trained and equipped to fight 19th century wars. This was a modern war with casualties of an industrial nature - whole battalions would be wiped out in a single day. But despite that, the Indian soldiers doggedly held their ground. One part of this book tells about two trenches that the Germans let an Indian division occupy. Then the Germans detonated the hidden explosives...
Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds,Allen Leon Churchill,Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3DNG
Author : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1532814321
This volume of the epic World War One series focusses on Canada's contributions to the great conflict
Author : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,Various
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1501076957
This ebook is the first in a series of eight books on the First World War, 1914-1918. The first volume was first published in 1916, so halfway during the war. The printed edition has 562 pages. The book is written by several authors, among them Allen L. Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller and others.
Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds,Allen Leon Churchill,Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Writat
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390439388
The History of the Great War in Eight Volumes.
Author : G. J. Meyer
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780553382402
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world “Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn generations of admirers.”—The Washington Times On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War: four long years of slaughter, physical and moral exhaustion, and the near collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. Praise for A World Undone “Meyer’s sketches of the British Cabinet, the Russian Empire, the aging Austro-Hungarian Empire . . . are lifelike and plausible. His account of the tragic folly of Gallipoli is masterful. . . . [A World Undone] has an instructive value that can scarcely be measured”—Los Angeles Times “An original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century.”—Steve Gillon, resident historian, The History Channel
Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds,Allen Leon Churchill,Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Writat
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390439329
The History of the Great War in Eight Volumes.
Author : John Toland
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780525563266
1918: The end of the war to end all wars. The end of an era for victors and vanquished alike. When Germany launched the Ludendorf Offensives—the most massive military bombardment of World War I—they seemed certain to win. But when American troops began arriving in droves, the Allies' certain defeat became a decisive victory. No Man's Land takes us into the trenches, behind enemy lines, into military strategy sessions and through the corridors of power in London, Paris, Berlin, and Washington in a brilliant account of one of the most fateful years in Western history. Drawing on new sources—diaries, memoirs, vivid personal experiences—here is a book that for sheer excitement, drama, vigor, and emotional impact rivals the greatest novels, history marvelously told by the incomparable John Toland. "A compelling human picture...a marvelous job by a master of the big-canvas history." Business Week
Author : C.R.M.F. Cruttwell
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780897336604
This vivid, detailed history of World War I presents the general reader with an accurate and readable account of the campaigns and battles, along with brilliant portraits of the leaders and generals of all countries involved. Scrupulously fair, praising and blaming friend and enemy as circumstances demand, this has become established as the classic account of the first world-wide war.
Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds,Allen Leon Churchill,Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Writat
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 939043923X
The History of the Great War in Eight Volumes.
Author : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,Various
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1501077066
This is volume eight of eight and it concerns itself mainly with the victory of the Allied Forces, the Armistice, and the Peace Conference at Paris. A lesser known, but important part covers Canada's war organisations and vast war industries plus the Canadian battles overseas.
Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds,Allen Leon Churchill,Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Writat
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390439337
The History of the Great War in Eight Volumes.