Supplementary Volume to the Great War History
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 1920
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN :
No Man's Land
Author : John Toland
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 23,66 MB
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0525563261
Book Description
1918: The end of the war to end all wars. The end of an era for victors and vanquished alike. When Germany launched the Ludendorf Offensives—the most massive military bombardment of World War I—they seemed certain to win. But when American troops began arriving in droves, the Allies' certain defeat became a decisive victory. No Man's Land takes us into the trenches, behind enemy lines, into military strategy sessions and through the corridors of power in London, Paris, Berlin, and Washington in a brilliant account of one of the most fateful years in Western history. Drawing on new sources—diaries, memoirs, vivid personal experiences—here is a book that for sheer excitement, drama, vigor, and emotional impact rivals the greatest novels, history marvelously told by the incomparable John Toland. "A compelling human picture...a marvelous job by a master of the big-canvas history." Business Week
Supplementary Volume to the Great War History; from the Armistice, November 11, 1918, to the Ratification of the Peace Treaty
Author : Louis E. . Orcutt
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230026152
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... Lieut., French Escadrille No. 12, Aug. 20, Cleveland, Ohio. Cronin, Edward M., 1st Lieut., 96th Aero Squadron, Sept. 17, Bayonne, N. J. Crumb, Harris E., 2d Lieut., 9th Aero Squadron, Sept. 30, St. Louis, Mo. Culbert, Kenneth, 2d Lieut., Marine Corps, May 22, East Orange, N. J. Curry, Irby R., 1st Lieut., 95th Aero Squadron, Aug. 10, Marlin, Texas. Cutter, Edward B., 1st Lieut., 90th Aero Squadron, Oct. 21, Spokane, Wash. Davidson, Gilford C., 1st Lieut., Aug. 2, San Francisco, Cal. Davis, Philip W., 2d Lieut., 94th Aero Squadron, June 2, West Newton, Man. Dietz, Philip, 1st Lieut, 99th Squadron, Royal Air Force, July 30, Roselle, N. J. Dowd, Meredith, 2d Lieut., 147th or 177th Aero Squadron, Oct. 26, Orange, N. J. Emerson, William K. B., Jr., 2d Lieut. (F. A.), 12th Aero Squadron, May 14, Rye, N. Y. Eyman, Karl Henry, 2d Lieut. (In1'.), Second Infantry, June 5, Lancaster, Ohio. Fisher, John Jacob, 1st Lieut., Oct. 14, Punxsutawney, Pa. Forbes, Earl, 2d Lieut., 20th Aero Squadron, Sept. 27, Fairmont, Neb. Fox, Raymond F., 1st Lieut., 1st Aero Squadron, Oct. 7, Buflfalo, N. Y. Frobisher, Joseph E., 2d Lieut., 148th Squadron, Royal Air Force, Sept. 8, Arlington, N. J. Fuller, Roswell Hayes, 1st Lieut., 93d Aero Squadron, Sept. 28, Chicago, Ill. Gardiner, E. H., 2d Lieut. (F. A.), 50th Aero Squadron, Sept. 14, Boston, Mass. Garnsey, Edward Grant, 1st Lieut., 94th Aero Squadron, Oct. 29, Chicago, Ill. Garrett, Claude S., 1st Lieut., 8th Aero Squadron, Oct. 10, Lourens, S. C. Glroux, Ernest A., 1st Lieut., 103d Aero Squadron, May 22, Boston, Mass. Goettler, Harold E., 2d Lieut., 50th Aero Squadron, Oct. 6, Chicago, Ill. Gracie, Ralph D., 1st Lieut., 17th Aero Squadron, Aug. 12, Bemidji, Minn. Grider, John McG.. 1st Lieut., 85th Aero Squadron, ...
American Armies and Battlefields in Europe
Author : American Battle Monuments Commission
Publisher :
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 1938
Category : Cemeteries
ISBN :
Book Description
Fighting the Great War
Author : Michael S. NEIBERG
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674041399
Book Description
Michael Neiberg offers a concise history based on the latest research and insights into the soldiers, commanders, battles, and legacies of the Great War.
World War I
Author : Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,91 MB
Release : 2010
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 9780199731510
Book Description
Offering a comprehensive account of the war as more than a purely military phenomenon, this book also addresses its profound social, cultural, and economic implications. Authors use editorials, memoirs, newspaper articles, poems, and letters to recreate the many facets of the war. Technological developments such as the machine gun and barbed wire brought the world trench warfare, which is vividly depicted here in a firsthand account of then-soldier Benito Mussolini.
A Brief History of the Great War
Author : Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781330150610
Book Description
Excerpt from A Brief History of the Great War The following pages constitute a connected story of the late war from its origins to the conclusion of the Peace of Versailles, not for the edification of "experts," military or other, but rather for the enlightenment of the general reader and student. A "definitive" history of the war will never be written; it is much too early, of course, even to attempt it. All that the author has here essayed to do is to sketch tentatively what seem to him its broad outlines - domestic politics of the several belligerents no less than army campaigns and naval battles, - and in presenting his synthesis to be guided so far as in him lay by an honest desire to put heat and passion aside and to write candidly and objectively for the instruction of the succeeding generation. The author is under special obligation to Messrs. Dodd, Mead and Company for the kind permission which they have accorded him of drawing freely upon the articles on "The War of the Nations" which he wrote in 1914,1915, and 1916 for their invaluable New International Year Book. In the opening chapter of the present work the author has also incorporated a few paragraphs from the last chapter of his Political and Social History of Modern Europe, to which, in a way, the Brief History of the Great War is supplementary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A History of the Great War, 1914–1918
Author : C.R.M.F. Cruttwell
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 29,46 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0897336607
Book Description
This vivid, detailed history of World War I presents the general reader with an accurate and readable account of the campaigns and battles, along with brilliant portraits of the leaders and generals of all countries involved. Scrupulously fair, praising and blaming friend and enemy as circumstances demand, this has become established as the classic account of the first world-wide war.
A World Undone
Author : G. J. Meyer
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 2007-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0553382403
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world “Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn generations of admirers.”—The Washington Times On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War: four long years of slaughter, physical and moral exhaustion, and the near collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. Praise for A World Undone “Meyer’s sketches of the British Cabinet, the Russian Empire, the aging Austro-Hungarian Empire . . . are lifelike and plausible. His account of the tragic folly of Gallipoli is masterful. . . . [A World Undone] has an instructive value that can scarcely be measured”—Los Angeles Times “An original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century.”—Steve Gillon, resident historian, The History Channel
The Great War
Author : Peter Hart
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0199976279
Book Description
Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. -Total war- emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders on all sides. He surveys the belligerent nations, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and strategic imperatives. Russia, for example, was obsessed with securing an exit from the Black Sea, while France--having lost to Prussia in 1871, before Germany united--constructed a network of defensive alliances, even as it held a grudge over the loss of Alsace-Lorraine. Hart offers deft portraits of the commanders, the prewar plans, and the unexpected obstacles and setbacks that upended the initial operations.
