Author: Beatrix Brice
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473843022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Of the many hard-fought battles on the Western Front, Ypres stands out as an example of almost inhuman endeavour. For four long years it was the focal point of desperate fighting. Officially there were four main battles in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918; these were more accurately peaks in a continuing struggle, for Ypres symbolised Belgian defiance, and the British continued to expend disproportionate resources on defending it. It never fell, although the Germans came close to its gates, and indeed its loss would have been a severe blow to morale.The Battle Book of Ypres, originally published in 1927 and now presented again as a special Centenary Edition, comprises a chronological account of the fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War, followed by a useful and unique alphabetical reference to the events in and around each hamlet, village or wood names familiar to those who fought or followed the course of war all those years ago, names now once again lost in insignificance. The names given to each stage of the struggle by the Battle Nomenclature Committee are listed in the appendix. Also included is an index of formations and units, an annotated bibliography and a new Foreword by military historian Nigel Cave.
Author: Beatrix Brice
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473843022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Of the many hard-fought battles on the Western Front, Ypres stands out as an example of almost inhuman endeavour. For four long years it was the focal point of desperate fighting. Officially there were four main battles in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918; these were more accurately peaks in a continuing struggle, for Ypres symbolised Belgian defiance, and the British continued to expend disproportionate resources on defending it. It never fell, although the Germans came close to its gates, and indeed its loss would have been a severe blow to morale.The Battle Book of Ypres, originally published in 1927 and now presented again as a special Centenary Edition, comprises a chronological account of the fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War, followed by a useful and unique alphabetical reference to the events in and around each hamlet, village or wood names familiar to those who fought or followed the course of war all those years ago, names now once again lost in insignificance. The names given to each stage of the struggle by the Battle Nomenclature Committee are listed in the appendix. Also included is an index of formations and units, an annotated bibliography and a new Foreword by military historian Nigel Cave.
Author: William E Fowler
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752468545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Ypres was a medieval town known for its textiles; however, it became infamous during the Great War with trench warfare, poison gas and many thousands of casualties. As the German Army advanced through Belgium, it failed to take the Ypres Salient. On 13 October 1914, German troops entered Ypres. On looting the city, the Germans retreated as the British Expeditionary Force advanced. On 22 November 1914, the Germans commenced a huge artillery barrage killing many civilians. In 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres commenced making it an exceptionally dangerous place to live. In 1918, a German major offensive was launched, but the British held firm. Ypres was finally safe in late September 1918 when German troops withdrew from the Salient. Today the battlefields of Ypres contain the resting place of thousands of German and British soldiers. This book explores the first and second battles of Ypres through narrative, eye-witness accounts and images.
Author: Bob Carruthers
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473836077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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"This is the photographic history of the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF, at Ypres. From 1914-1918 these men formed the garrison of the beleaguered Belgian town of Ypres and the salient that surrounded it. Enduring countless attacks and offensives, the BEF held strong and their efforts are recorded here in a ... collection of images that aim to conjure the spirit of the men pictured, whilst not shying away from the grim realities that they faced."--Back cover.
Author: Fred R. Van Hartesveldt
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780313306259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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A historical reference book that provides a discussion of interpretations and controversies about the British Expeditionary Force in 1914-15 and an annotated bibliography of more than 1,000 sources concerning the subject.
Author: David Bilton
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783038853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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The book follows in photographs, captions and text the German Armys presence in Flanders from its arrival in September 1914 until the summer of 1916.It looks at the Kaisers Armys battles with the French, Belgians and British, concentrating mostly on the latter and the battles for Ypres (1st Ypres 1914 and 2nd Ypres 1915 and the gas attacks). The book is arranged in four sections; detailed text; around 50.000 photos (that are interspersed into the text with captions); a chronological order of events in Flanders and a section on the German divisions that fought there. Where relevant material from the German home front is included.Each phase and aspect of the period is described from the German point of view using primary and secondary sources from both Germany and Britain. The illustrations provide an illustrative background in both a specific and general form, highlighting life in the front-line as well as rear areas. Most of the illustrations have never been published. As well as illustrating German troops in the area it shows how the war changed the towns and villages.A second campaign volume covering the period 1916 1918 will follow.
Author: Ted Smith
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473811856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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A seemingly unnecessary raid made by men of the 10th Battalion A.I.F. on Celtic Wood, Broodseinde on the 9th October 1917 resulted in the unrecorded deaths of 37 of the raiding party. The mystery of how they died has never been solved. The conclusion reached in this book prompts thoughts as to why the military authorities never conducted an investigation at the time, and why the raid was planned in the first place.
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ISBN: 9781847273321
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Jon Cooksey
Publisher: Images of War
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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By Christmas 1914 Britain's Regular Army had virtually ceased to exist. Four months of hard fighting had drained its manpower and the Territorial Force was called upon to plug the gaps before Kitchener's New Army was ready to take the field. The part-time, 'Saturday Night Soldiers', as they were disparagingly called, leapt at the chance to serve overseas. Flanders 1915 tells the story, through many and rare previously unpublished photographs and extended captions, of one of those eager Territorial battalions - the 1/5 Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. It forms a unique and intimate record of the early years of war, images captured on camera by Harry Colver from Ranmoor, Sheffield, one of the battalion's junior officers, before official censorship was introduced. From then on privately taken photographs of the war virtually disappeared. The Colver photographs present a rare and outstanding portrait of the 'great adventure' of war in the days before the Somme, Arras and Passchendaele and the resulting lengthy casualty lists.
Author: James E. Edmonds
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 433
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Author: Andrew Iarocci
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802098223
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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The Great War was a pivotal experience for twentieth-century Canada. Shoestring Soldiers is the first scholarly study since 1938 to focus exclusively on Canada's initial overseas experience from late 1914 to the end of 1915. In this exciting new work, Andrew Iarocci challenges the dominant view that the 1st Canadian Division was poorly prepared for war in 1914, and less than effective during battles in 1915. He examines the first generations of men to serve overseas with the division: their training, leadership, morale, and combat operations from Salisbury Plain to the Ypres Salient, from the La Bassée Canal to Ploegsteert Wood. Iarocci contends that setbacks and high losses in battle were not so much the products of poor training and weak leadership as they were of inadequate material resources on the Western Front. Shoestring Soldiers incorporates a wealth of research material from official documents, soldiers' letters and diaries, and the battlefields themselves, surveyed extensively by the author. It marks an important contribution to the growing body of literature on Canada in the First World War.
