Germany in the Great War
Germany in the Great War

Author: Joshua Bilton

Publisher: Pen and Sword Military

Published: 2021-04-28

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1473876923

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For the Central Powers, 1916 was a year of trial and error, of successes and failures, of innovation and of drastic changes. Tactics developed, while war aims mutated to suit the inertia of trench warfare. Advances were effectively countered with the development of new weaponry, or indeed aided by their inclusion. Across all fronts, whether at home or in Poland, citizens and soldiers alike stood fast against Entente forces. On the Western Front, bitter fighting continued apace. To the east the armies of Austro-Hungary, Germany and Bulgaria battled Entente forces. Meanwhile at sea, the German High Seas Fleet ambushed the Royal Navy off the coast of Denmark. On the Home Front, the poor harvest of 1916, coupled with a lack of transport, led to a winter of stark deprivation. As a consequence, the German government introduced what was effectively a system of rationing entitled, ‘sharing scarcity.’ While to the south, Ottoman forces fought Allied soldiers for control of Kut and Erzurum, a fortified trading port in eastern Turkey. Germany in the Great War: Verdun & Somme is the third publication in a five-part series. In addition to the author’s introduction and a chronology of events, five hundred contemporary photographs, many of which have never before been published in this country, are included.

Verdun
Verdun

Author: John Mosier

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-10-07

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0451414632

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Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Perfect for military history buffs, this compelling account of one of World War I’s most important battles explains why it is also the most complex and misunderstood. Although British historians have always seen Verdun as a one-year battle designed by the German chief of staff to bleed France white, historian John Mosier’s careful analysis of the German plans reveals a much more abstract and theoretical approach. From the very beginning of the war until the armistice in 1918, no fewer than eight distinct battles were waged there. These conflicts are largely unknown, even in France, owing to the obsessive secrecy of the French high command. Our understanding of Verdun has long been mired in myths, false assumptions, propaganda, and distortions. Now, using numerous accounts of military analysts, serving officers, and eyewitnesses, including French sources that have never been translated, Mosier offers a compelling reassessment of the Great War’s most important battle.

History of the World War
History of the World War

Author: Frank Herbert Simonds

Publisher:

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9783737206037

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"The World War, entering its thirty-fourth month, as these lines are written, has had three distinct phases, both on the military side and on the larger and more significant human side. The three military phases are supplied by the Marne campaign and its immediate consequences; the Russian campaign, with its Balkan episode and its Verdun ending; the Allied offensive in the west, which began at the Somme in July, 1916, and is still proceeding before Arras and along the old Aisne battlefield. I have striven to make this book an American comment upon a world war, and no one can be more conscious than am I of its limitations." [...] This is the third volume of the five volume series on the history of World War I. This volume describes the events surrounding the battles in Verdun and the Somme in an impressive and captivating way. With many details and photos of the war events, the reader is taken with at the time of the early 20th century. The author, Frank H. Simonds, was a living witness of the war. He lived from 1878 - 1936. This particular book is an unchanged reprint of the long out of print original edition from 1919.

Verdun and the Somme
Verdun and the Somme

Author: Harro Grabolle

Publisher: Akademiai Kiado

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9789630581929

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Analysis of British and German prose fiction written between 1916 and 1937, with different ideological points of view. Authors represented include, from Germany, Fritz von Unruh, Josef M. Wehner, Werner Beumelburg, Arnold Zweig, and from Britain, Alec J. Dawson, Alan P. Herbert, Arthur D. Gristwood, Frederic Manning and David Jones.

History of the World War
History of the World War

Author: Frank herbert Simonds

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13:

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History of the World War chronicles the events that brought the world to the theater of global conflict in the 390 paged book. It includes, in this third volume, details about the battle of Verdun and the Somme.