David Bilton: 22 books
The Home Front in the Great War
Aspects of the Conflicts 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2003
In an overdue attempt to portray the real effect of the war on life at home, David Bilton examines all the major events of the period and charts their effect on everyday life for those trying to live a normal existence. Extensive use is made of personal accounts and the author draws on many photographs,...
Sea and Air Fighting
Those Who Were There
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This is a compelling book for lovers of sea and air stories from the Great War era. In the thirteen stories told by the participants, many of whom were decorated for bravery, they describe their experiences of events: stories of luck, tenacity, courage, extreme danger, excitement and bravery. Also...
by David Bilton
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2007
This highly illustrated book covers the German retreat from the Somme, through the defensive battles of 1917, the Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle) of early 1918, to the final Allied offensive from August to the end of the War. The post-Armistice events are also covered as the implications of defeat...
The Trench
The True Story of the Hull Pals
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
The book details the history of the 10th Battalion of the East Yorkshire, known as the Hull Pals, from September 1914 to May 1918. In around 150 pages it will provide viewers with answers to the questions the program will generate: Who were these men? What did they do? Which of them survived? Where...
by David Bilton
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Reading were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record...
Germans at Arras
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
During the Great War a German publisher produced a number of photographic books that are of considerable interest to the modern-day reader. These were based on the photographs taken by the German regiments that found themselves stationed there during the War. This, the first book, covers the Battle...
by David Bilton
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Reading in the Great War 1917-1919 looks at life in an important industrial and agricultural town in the south of England. The book charts the changes that occurred in ordinary people's lives, some caused by the war, some of their own doing.
On the surface, Reading was a calm town that got on with...
Hull Commercials
A History of the 10th (Service) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
In the 1930s five men wrote a history of the battalion they had proudly served with: the 1st Hull Battalion, known today as the 10th East Yorkshire Regiment or The Commercials. The book is the story of a happy family, men drawn together to fight for justice. There is no attempt to look at the bigger...
The Great War Illustrated - The Home Front
Deepening Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Many books have looked at the effect of the war on the Home Front, but this is the first book to take a glimpse at the Home Front photographically from an international point of view, covering both Allied and enemy countries, juxtaposing the same situations in different countries to show a similar...
The Great War Illustrated - The Home Front
Final Blows and the Year of Victory
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Many books have looked at the effect of the war on the Home Front, but this is the first book to take a look at civilian life at home photographically from an international perspective: covering both Allied and enemy countries, juxtaposing the same situations in different countries to show a similar...
Hull Pals
10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
In response to Kitchener's famous call for a million volunteers, local communities raised entire battalions for the service on the Western Front. Hull folk are reticent people and the Hull Pals were no exception. This book tells their inspiring story of sacrifice and gallantry under appaling conditions....
by David Bilton
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
This highly illustrated book covers the activities of the German Army on the River Somme throughout the long years of The Great War. The initial fighting in 1914 was against the French prior to the arrival of the British Army. The 1916 Allied Offensive eventually resulted in the German withdrawal...
by David Bilton
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
The outbreak of war in 1914 aroused an enthusiasm in Hull and within the first six months 20,000 local men had enrolled. Hull was also attacked by Zeppelins and it raised its own Pals Battalions. This book looks at how the experience of war impacted on th
The Central Powers on the Russian Front
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Arranged in five sections, one for each year of the War, this superbly illustrated book covers the fluid fighting that took place on the Russian Front from August 1914. The author describes how each year saw dramatic developments, notably actions in Poland, Tannenberg, the Carpathian passes in 1914,...
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