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  • Armageddon Road

    A VC's Diary, 1914–1916

    de Billy Congreve ...
    Billy Congreve was an exceptional soldier and an exceptional man. By the time he was killed on the Somme in July 1916 at the age of twenty-five he had been awarded the DSO, MC, and the Lgion d'Honneur, and for his many deeds of gallantry on the Somme, a posthumous VC.Born into a military family (his father General Congreve had also won the VC) he became a regular soldier in the Rifle Brigade ... Leer más

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  • Cheerful Sacrifice

    The Battle of Arras, 1917

    de Jonathan Nicholls ...
    This WWI history examines the significant yet overlooked British offensive that achieved major advances on the Western Front.Fought between April 9th and May 16th of 1917, the Battle of Arras was the most lethal and costly British offensive battle of the First World War. Lasting a brutal thirty-nine days, its average casualty rate was far higher than at either the Somme or Passchendaele. It also ... Leer más

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  • Last Stand at Le Paradis

    The Events Leading to the SS Massacre of the Norfolks 1940

    de Richard Lane ...
    A chronicle of the WWII British Expeditionary Force unit that faced a German firing squad after surrendering at the Battle of Dunkirk.In 1939, the BEF was deployed to counter the German aggression in Europe. The men of 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, were some of the first to land in France. Less than a year later, they would be massacred by the Waffen-SS in one of the most egregious war ... Leer más

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  • Voices From The Past, Armistice 1918

    The Last Days of The First World War Told Through Newspaper Reports, Official Documents and the Accounts of Those Who Were There

    de Paul Kendall ...
    At 11.00 hours on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent across the battlefields of Europe. After the deadliest conflict the world had ever seen, peace had finally arrived. Since the withdrawal from the Somme and the repulse at Verdun, the Germans knew they could not win the war and had sought a negotiated end to the fighting. This was rejected by the Allies and the fighting continued until, ... Leer más

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  • The Somme

    de Peter Hart, Nigel Steel ...
    A major new history of the most infamous battle of the First World War, as described by the men who fought it.On 1 July 1916, Douglas Haig's army launched the 'Big Push' that was supposed finally to bring an end to the stalemate on the Western Front. What happened next was a human catastrophe: scrambling over the top into the face of the German machine guns and artillery fire, almost 20,000 ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • History of the WW1 (Complete 6 Volume Edition)

    Enriched edition. First-hand Accounts of World War I: Interviews With Army Generals, Private Letters, Diaries…

    de Arthur Conan Doyle, Wyatt Chandler ...
    Arthur Conan Doyle's 'History of the WW1' is a monumental 6-volume edition that delves deep into the intricacies of World War I. Doyle's meticulous research and detailed accounts offer readers a comprehensive understanding of the events that shaped the war, including key battles, political maneuvers, and the impact on society. Written in a clear and engaging style, Doyle's work stands as a ... Leer más

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  • History of the Great War (All 6 Volumes)

    Firsthand Accounts of the First World War: British Army Battles, Generals' Diaries, and Soldiers' Voices

    de Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    This book is a complete six-volume history of the First World War, written during the war by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle interviewed army generals, read their papers and diaries, and he also talked to numerous soldiers in order to get a full picture. He describes all the main battles of the British Army, offering very detailed accounts of battles, where great feats of bravery and courage are ... Leer más

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  • The Donkeys

    de Alan Clark ...
    On 26 September 1915 twelve British battalions - a strength of almost 10,000 men - were ordered to attack German positions at Loos in north-east France. In the three-and-a-half hours of the actual battle, they sustained 8,246 casualties. The Germans suffered no casualties at all.The Donkeys is a study of the Western Front on 1915, a brilliant exposé of a key stage of the Great War, when the ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Somme

    Herosim and Horror in the First World War

    de Martin Gilbert ...
    One of our most distinguished historians delivers an authoritative and vivid account of the devastating WWI battle that claimed more than 300,000 lives.At 7:30 am on July 1, 1916, the first Allied soldiers climbed out of their trenches along the Somme River in France and charged out into no-man's-land toward the barbed wire and machine guns at the German front lines.By the end of this first day of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front

    de Malcolm Brown ...
    An unrivalled and readable introduction to the years of Trench Warfare' TESThe First World War was won and lost on the Western Front. Covering the whole war, from the guns of August 1914 to the sudden silence of the November 1918 Armistice, the IWM Book of the Western Front reveals what life was really like for the men and women involved. With first-hand accounts of off-duty entertainments, trench ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Hell They Called High Wood

    The Somme 1916

    de Terry Norman ...
    This WWI military history presents a close examination of the costly but victorious Attack on High Wood during the Battle of the Somme.From July 1st to November 18th of 1916, British and French allies fought against the German Empire in the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest military engagements of all time. Its fiercely contested focal point was a 75-acre patch of forest known as High Wood ... Leer más

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  • Elegy

    The First Day on the Somme

    de Andrew Roberts ...
    On 1 July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns – manned by troops who had sat out the storm ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD