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 Nieuport 11/16 Bebe vs Fokker Eindecker: Western Front 1916
Nieuport 11/16 Bebe vs Fokker Eindecker: Western Front 1916
Author: Jon Guttman
Nieuport 11/16 Bebe vs Fokker Eindecker: Western Front 1916
Osprey Publishing
Osprey Duel 59
ISBN: 1782003533
2014
Format: PDF (e-book)
Pages: 82
Size: 4 Mb
Language: English

The appearance in July 1915 of the Fokker E I heralded a reign of terror over the Western Front that the Allies called the ‘Fokker Scourge’. The French Nieuport 11 was one type desperately thrown into action to counter the Fokkers. The swirling dogfights between this fighter – and its more powerful but more unwieldy stablemate, the Nieuport 16 – and a succession of improved Fokkers, the E II, E III and E IV, came to symbolise air combat in World War I.

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 Breaking the Fortress Line 1914
Breaking the Fortress Line 1914
Author: Clayton Donnell
Breaking the Fortress Line 1914
Pen and Sword Military
2013
Format: EPUB
Pages: 222
Size: 35 Mb
Language: English

Breaking the Fortress Line 1914 offers a fascinating new perspective on the German offensive against France and Belgium in 1914. In graphic detail it describes the intense fighting that took place around the forts and fortified cities that stood in the path of the German invasion. The ordeal began with the German assault on the mighty fortress of Liège. They took twelve days to batter their way through the ‘Gateway to Belgium’, losing tens of thousands of men in repeated frontal assaults, and they had to bring up the heaviest siege artillery ever used to destroy the defenses.

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 The First World War - The war to end all wars
The First World War - The war to end all wars
Author: Geoffrey Jukes, Peter Simkins, Michael Hickey
The First World War - The war to end all wars
Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781841767383
2003
Format: PDF
Size: 22,3 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 352
Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterised by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun and Ypres incurred human loss on a scale never previously imagined. This book, with a foreword by Professor Hew Strachan, covers the fighting on all fronts, from Flanders to Tannenberg and from Italy to Palestine. A series of moving extracts from personal letters, diaries and journals bring to life the experiences of soldiers and civilians caught up in the war.

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 The British Army 1914-1918
The British Army 1914-1918
Author: Andrew Rawson
The British Army 1914-1918
Spellmount
2014
Format: ePub (e-book)
Pages: 299
Language: English
Size: 10.4 MB

An indispensable guide to the British Army during the First World War covers the men who fought for Britain: from the ‘Old Contemptibles’ – the professionals who stemmed the German advance at the beginning of the war – to the Territorials, the ‘Derby Men’, Kitchener’s ‘New Army’ and the conscripts who eventually defeated the Kaiser’s armies four years later. Andrew Rawson examines the impressive contributions made by the Dominions and the Empire and explores aspects of doctrine, training, communications, strategy and tactics, together with divisional organisations, histories and the roles of the different Arms and Services. He reviews all aspects of the soldier’s everyday life – uniforms, equipment, rations, trench life, leave and military discipline – and profiles the commanders and the legacy of the war in art, as well as providing information on cemeteries and places of interest. It is all here, in one book.

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 Vimy Ridge (Battleground Europe)
Author: Nigel Cave
Vimy Ridge (Battleground Europe)
Pen and Sword Military
2013
Format: EPUB
Pages: 208
Size: 45 Mb
Language: English

The latest in the Battleground Europe series of books covers the activities of the French army, the British occupation of the Vimy sector, Easter 1917 and the start of the Battle of Arras, in addition to sections on car tours, memorials and cemeteries.

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 The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
Author:Hew Strachan
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
2014
Oxford University Press; New edition
Format:pdf
Size:66,3 MB
Pages:400
Language:English

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 Battleground Gallipoli
Battleground Gallipoli
Author: Nigel Steel
Battleground Gallipoli
Pen & Sword
1998
Format: ePub (e-book)
Pages: 208
Language: English
Size: 7 MB

Gallipoli tells of the disastrous campaign at Gallipoli in 1915 when the allies failed to knock Turkey out of the war. With then and now photographs the book provides detailed historical descriptions of the area and the events, all of which will appeal to the armchair historian and the intrepid visitor to the sites. It will prove an indispensable companion.

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 The 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments
The 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments
Author: Anna A. Ferrante
The 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 0160501016
1999
Format: PDF
Size: 6,0 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 79
The 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments is a narrative of the division and its regiments since its activation in December 1913. This history is based on the official records of the United States Marine Corps and appropriate secondary sources. It is published for the information of those interested in the division and its regiments and the role played and continues to play in adding to Marine Corps traditions and battle honors.

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 The Germans at Thiepval (Battleground Europe)
The Germans at Thiepval (Battleground Europe)
Author: Jack Sheldon
The Germans at Thiepval
Pen and Sword Military
Battleground Europe
2010
Format: EPUB
Pages: 160
Size: 6 Mb
Language: English

Ninety years after the Battle of the Somme was fought, visitors continue to flock in very large numbers to the massive Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, site of a bitter three-month struggle during the summer of 1916. This book explains in detail how, from the autumn of 1914 onwards, the German defenders turned this key feature into a virtually impregnable position, from which they were able for weeks on end to repulse every attempt to capture it.

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 A Military Atlas of First World War
A Military Atlas of First World War
Author: Banks A.
A Military Atlas of First World War
Leo Cooper
2009
Format: DjVu
Size: 14 mb
Language: English
Pages: 327

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 Who Killed the Red Baron? The Final Answer
Who Killed the Red Baron? The Final Answer
Author: P. J. Carisella, James W. Ryan
Who Killed the Red Baron? The Final Answer
Fawcett Publications, Inc.
1969
Format: PDF
Pages: 292
Language: English
Size: 51.2 MB

The final answer to the half-century old controversy concerning the death of the top flying ace of World War I, Baron Manfred Von Richthofen.

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 Battle on the Aisne 1914: The BEF and the Birth of the Western Front
Battle on the Aisne 1914: The BEF and the Birth of the Western Front
Author: John Sheen
Battle on the Aisne 1914: The BEF and the Birth of the Western Front
Pen and Sword Military
2012
Format: EPUB
Pages: 156
Size: 24 Mb
Language: English

The river Aisne featured prominently in August 1914 during the Retreat from Mons and in September was the scene of bitter fighting when the BEF re-crossed it in their unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the German Army entrenched along the Northern Crest.The fighting was hugely costly to the BEF, which had already fought three major engagements and marched over 200 miles in a month. The three British Corps lost over 700 officers and some 15,000 men. Little wonder one officer wrote that he felt he was 'in the company of ghosts'.Historian Jerry Murland places the Aisne battles in their context, both from the BEF and German viewpoints.

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 Guillemont (Battleground Europe)
Guillemont (Battleground Europe)
Author: Michael Stedman
Guillemont
Pen and Sword Military
Battleground Europe
2012
Format: EPUB
Pages: 160
Size: 14 Mb
Language: English

The battle of Guillemont raged throughout Au gust 1916. This book contains the story of this battle which was of a type that was repeated in many places across the S omme in that summer and autumn of 1916.

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 British Battalions on the Western Front
British Battalions on the Western Front
Author: Ray Westlake
British Battalions on the Western Front
Pen and Sword
2000
Format: EPUB
Pages: 256
Size: 4 Mb
Language: English

Ray Westlake's latest work is a valuable day-to-day guide to the postings and actions of nearly 300 British battalions during this period of numerous experimental re-organizations of regular and volunteer units in preparation for massive later offensives in World War I.

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 World War I: A History
World War I: A History
Author: Hew Strachan
World War I: A History
Oxford University Press
1998
Format: PDF
Pages: 392
Language: English
Size: 56 MB

The war that shaped the history of the twentieth century. A compelling new history of World War I by an international team of experts. Extensively illustrated to display the war in every aspect, from its causes to its consequences, and the potent legacy which still touches us today.

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 The Germans on the Somme 1914-1918 (Images of War)
The Germans on the Somme 1914-1918 (Images of War)
Author: David Bilton
The Germans on the Somme 1914-1918
Pen and Sword
Images of War
2010
Format: EPUB
Pages: 224
Size: 19 Mb
Language: English

This highly illustrated book covers the activities of the German Army on the River Somme throughout the long years of The Great War. The initial fighting in 1914 was against the French prior to the arrival of the British Army. The 1916 Allied Offensive eventually resulted in the German withdrawal but only at a terrible cost to both sides. The 1918 Kaiserschlacht saw the Germans return, albeit briefly. Each phase is covered from the German perspective using primary and secondary sources. In addition to the wealth of splendid/fully captioned photographs, there is an authoritative general text and a useful chronological order of events. Being arguably the most evocative area in British military history, much has been written on the Somme. What makes this splendid book so different is the author's successful attempt to view events through the eyes of our adversaries.

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 Crossed Currents: Navy Women From WW I to Tailhook
Crossed Currents: Navy Women From WW I to Tailhook
Author: Jean Ebbert
Crossed Currents: Navy Women From WW I to Tailhook
Brassey's
1994
Format: PDF
Pages: 388
Language: English
Size: 49 MB

This study is a history of US Navy women from World War I to the present day. It is a comprehensive chronicle that suggests the infamous Tailhook scandal was to be expected. This new edition includes a post-Tailhook chapter that brings this story right up to date, and covers other recent developments in Navy women's ongoing struggle for acceptance.

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 The Underwater War: Submarines 1914-1918
The Underwater War: Submarines 1914-1918
Author: Edwyn Gray
The Underwater War: Submarines 1914-1918
Charles Scribner's Sons
1972
Format: PDF
Pages: 276
Language: English
Size: 36.6 MB

When, in 1620, the Dutchman Cornelis Drebbel sailed up the Thames in the world's first submarine and 'calmly dived under the water while he kept the King and several thousand Londoners in the greatest suspense', no one in the watching crowd could have foreseen where his invention would lead. Today, the nuclear-powered missile-submarine stands supreme as the world's most powerful warship. Able to circumnavigate the globe without surfacing, it can sail beneath the polar ice-caps, and travel 120,000 miles without refueling. And, at the touch of a button, its megaton destructive power can obliterate half a continent.

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 Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys!: How Chemistry Changed the First World War
Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys!: How Chemistry Changed the First World War
Author: Michael Freemantle
Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys!: How Chemistry Changed the First World War
Spellmount
2012
Format: EPUB
Pages: 196
Size: 3 Mb

Chemistry was not only a destructive instrument of World War I, but also protected troops and healed the sick and wounded. From bombs to bullets, gas to anesthetic, khaki to camouflage, chemistry was truly the alchemy of the war. This history explores its dangers and its healing potential, revealing how the arms race was also a race for chemistry, to the extent that Germany's thirst for fertilizer to feed the creation of their shells nearly starved the nation. It answers question such as: What is cordite? What is lyddite? What is mustard gas? What is phosgene? What is gunmetal? This is a true picture of the horrors of the "Chemists' War."

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