Summer 1917. The campaign near Arras grinds on, to the north a new one begins, and Lt. Malcolm MacPhail finds himself embroiled in his usual troubles at HQ. But he must focus on the coming battle, which could be the key to everything...
The horror of war. The valour of men. A war-weary young officer joins the intelligence staff as WW1 near a critical juncture. A meticulously researched historical novel set in the final decisive years of the war.
In the fall of 1918, intelligence officer Major Malcom MacPhail is at the forefront of a vital offensive that will decide the course of WW1. As the Germans seek to stem the advance, the battle turns ever more ferocious and friends begin to fall. With the war's outcome at stake and his life in increasing danger, a new peril arises behind the lines.
Lt. Malcolm MacPhail is ordered to the Somme, a new offensive only days away. The Allies are determined to force the elusive victory, but can he and his comrades succeed where so many others have failed? A novel of Vimy Ridge and the Somme.
In early 1915 a young soldier, Malcolm MacPhail, arrives in the dreaded Ypres Salient. When the Germans unveil their new weapon of horror, he and his mates must fight for their lives if they are to stave off a disastrous defeat.
1917. The vaunted Vimy Ridge has been taken, but the war grinds on. Behind the lines, rivals and mysterious goings-on are making a young officer's life difficult, but he must focus on the coming battle, which could be the key to everything...
The horror of war. The valour of men. A war-weary young officer joins the intelligence staff as WW1 near a critical juncture. Meticulously researched, Malcolm MacPhail's Great War is an historical novel of gritty realism, humour and drama set amidst the Allied struggle to gain the upper hand on the Western Front.
Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson’s text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson’s text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.
Lt. Malcolm MacPhail is ordered to the Somme, a new offensive only days away. The Allies are determined to force the elusive victory, but can Malcolm and his comrades succeed where so many others have failed? A novel of Vimy Ridge and the Somme.