The French Cavalry on the Eve of the Battle of Ardennes (21 August, 1914)
Author: Bernard Joseph Marie Charles Pugens
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Published: 1933*
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Author: Bernard Joseph Marie Charles Pugens
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Terence Zuber
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2009-12-07
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 0752496727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLike the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of the Frontiers has often been ignored by military historians, who assumed that the French lost the first battles of the World War I because they launched suicidal bayonet charges against German machine guns. Therefore, for nearly a century, these battles have been considered uninteresting. In reality, these were some of the most important, hard-fought and instructive battles of the First World War. The Battle of the Frontiers is the first history of this battle in English and is based on ground-breaking research conducted in French and German army archives. It also makes use of neglected French and German books and articles, as well as German regimental histories, and includes personal accounts by participants such as Manfred von Richthofen (when he was still a cavalry lieutenant) and the young Erwin Rommel. Terence Zuber here presents a dramatic new perspective on combat in 1914.
Author: Jean-Michel Steg
Publisher: Legend Press Ltd
Published: 2021-10-29
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1800310900
DOWNLOAD EBOOK27,000 French people were killed on 22nd August 1914, the bloodiest day in French history.
Author: Simon J House
Publisher: Helion
Published: 2024-01-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781804514689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn 22 August 1914, on a battlefield one hundred kilometers wide, stretching from Luxembourg to the River Meuse, two French and two German armies clashed in a series of encounters known collectively as the Battle of the Ardennes. On that day 27,000 young French soldiers died, the bloodiest day in the military history of France, most of them in the Ardennes, and yet it is almost unknown to English-speaking readers. There has never been an operational study of the Battle of the Ardennes, in any language, at best a single chapter in a history of greater scope, at least a monograph of an individual tactical encounter within the overall battle. This book fills a glaring gap in the study of the opening phase of the First World War the Battles of the Frontiers and provides fresh insight into both French and German plans for the prosecution of what was supposed to be a short war. At the center of this book lies a mystery. In a key encounter battle one French army corps led by a future Minister of War, General Pierre Roques, outnumbered its immediate opposition by nearly six-to-one and yet dismally failed to capitalize on that superiority. The question is how, and why. Intriguingly there is a six-hour gap in the war diaries of all General Roques' units, it smacks of a cover-up. By a thorough investigation of German sources, and through the discovery of three vital messages buried in the French archives, it is now possible to piece together what happened during those missing hours and show how Roques threw away an opportunity to break the German line and advance unopposed deep into the hinterland beyond. The chimera of a clean break and exploitation, that was to haunt the Allied High Command for the next four years in the trenches of the Western Front, was a brief and tantalizing opportunity for General Roques. The final part of this book seeks to answer the question "why?" The history of both French and German pre-war preparation reveals the political, economic and cultural differences that shaped the two opposing national armies. Those differences, in turn, predicated the behavior of General Roques and his men as well as that of his German opponent. With a clear understanding of those differences, the reader may now understand how the French lost their best opportunity not only to stymie the Schlieffen Plan, but to change the course of the rest of the war. The author's text is supported by a separate map book containing 60 newly-commissioned color maps.
Author: Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1428915834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Terraine
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Published: 2000-01-17
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781840222432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwice in the 20th century, a British Expeditionary Force has taken the field in Northern France to fight beside the French Army. Twice, the Expeditionary Force has survived threat of complete destruction. But the differences between the Retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the first encounter with the enemy at Mons in 1914 are significant.
Author: Infantry School (U.S.)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1934
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 1428916911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Douglas Porch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-12-04
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521545921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn examination of the relationship between the french army and the regime in the Third Republic.
Author: Holger H. Herwig
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2011-02-08
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0812978293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars and the world. With exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Holger H. Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle and reinterprets Germany’s aggressive “Schlieffen Plan” as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He paints a fresh portrait of the run-up to the Marne and puts in dazzling relief the Battle of the Marne itself: the French resolve to win, and the crucial lack of coordination between Germany’s First and Second Armies. Herwig also provides stunning cameos of all the important players, from Germany’s Chief of General Staff Helmuth von Moltke to his rival, France’s Joseph Joffre. Revelatory and riveting, this is the source on this seminal event.