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The First World War, 1914-1918; Personal Experiences Of Lieut.-Col. C. À Court Repington Vol. I [Illustrated Edition]

by Lieut.-Col. Charles à Court Repington C.M.G.
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos A fascinating history of the First World War seen through the eyes of a highly respected and connected War Correspondent. Lieut.-Col. Charles à Court Repington was a career soldier in the...

What Kept The Tank From Being The Decisive Weapon Of World War One?

by Major Brian A. Pedersen
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

The modern tank was invented in 1916 as a means to mechanically overcome the stalemate of trench warfare brought on by the increased lethality of fires employed during World War I. Its introduction received mixed reviews among British leaders. Some advocated its continued role supporting infantry...

Hellfire Boys

The Birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the Race for the World¿s Deadliest Weapons

by Theo Emery
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017

An explosive look into the dawn of chemical warfare during World War I "A terrifying piece of history that almost no one knows." - Hampton Sides In 1915, when German forces executed the first successful gas attack of World War I, the world watched in horror as the boundaries...

Suddenly We Didn't Want to Die

Memoirs of a World War I Marine

by Elton Mackin
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009

In the tradition of All Quiet on the Western Front, Elton E. Mackin’s memoirs are a haunting portrayal of war as seen through the eyes of a highly decorated Marine who fought in every Marine Brigade battle from Belleau Wood to the crossing of the Meuse on the eve of the Armistice. Praise...

Gunboats of World War I

by Angus Konstam
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015

Naval action in World War I conjures up images of enormous dreadnoughts slugging it out in vast oceans. Yet the truth is that more sailors were killed serving on gunboats and monitors operating far from the naval epicentre of the war than were ever killed at Jutland. Gunboat engagements during this...

Too Brave to Live, Too Young to Die

Teenage Heroes from World War I

by Nigel Cawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016

World War I was a slaughter on an unprecedented scale. Nevertheless, there was no shortage of young men willing to sacrifice themselves for their country. Some lied about their age to join up, not just at the start of the war when it was seen as a glorious adventure, but even towards the end, when...

World War I: Part Three

1918: The Outcome

by 50MINUTES.COM
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the final months of World War I in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of final months of World War I. At the start of 1918, war had been raging in Europe for four long...

Torchbearers of Democracy

African American Soldiers in the World War I Era

by Chad L. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought and labored in the global conflict, these words carried life or death meaning. Relating stories bridging the war...

The Last Great Safari

East Africa in World War I

by Corey W. Reigel
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015

In The Last Great Safari: East Africa in World War I, military historian Corey W. Reigel explores a fascinating and misunderstood theater of operations in the history of the First World War. Unprepared for the Great War, colonial units combined modern industrial weapons and equipment with traditional...

American Influence on Post-World War I Recovery of Germany: U.S. Leadership Under the Treaty of Versailles including the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan on War Reparations with American Protectionism

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American Influence on Post-World War I Recovery of Germany: U.S. Leadership Under the Treaty of Versailles including the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan on War Reparations with American Protectionism

by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The Treaty of Versailles imposed conditions upon Germany that led directly to the collapse of its currency and economy. The United States was directly involved in, and essential to, the economic...

Railway Guns of World War I

by Marc Romanych, Greg Heuer
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017

World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of...

The Russian Army in the Great War

The Eastern Front, 1914-1917

by David R. Stone
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015

A full century later, our picture of World War I remains one of wholesale, pointless slaughter in the trenches of the Western front. Expanding our focus to the Eastern front, as David R. Stone does in this masterly work, fundamentally alters—and clarifies—that picture. A thorough, and thoroughly...

World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes]

The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection

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Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014

Offering exhaustive coverage, detailed analyses, and the latest historical interpretations of events, this expansive, five-volume encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and detailed reference source on the First World War available today. • Provides comprehensive coverage of the causes of...

World War I: A Country-by-Country Guide [2 volumes]

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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2019

This book offers detailed coverage of every country that played a significant role in World War I, from key participants, including France, Germany, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and the United States, to smaller nations such as Bulgaria, Montenegro, and New Zealand. • Provides a detailed...

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