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"A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare. The Western Front evokes images of hardship and sacrifice, of young, mud-spattered men in water-logged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts by a few feet of dirt. Long considered the most futile arena of the First World War, the Western Front has persisted in our collective memory as a tragic waste of life. In this epic narrative...
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During the Great War Adolf Hitler served in the ranks of the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment from 1914 to 1918, and was awarded the Iron Cross. In later years, under the masterful control of Doctor Goebbels, Hitler was successfully portrayed by the Nazis as a valiant front-line soldier who, for four long years, had fought many hard battles in the front-line of trenches. The world has long accepted the Nazi version, and Hitler is often referred...
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"The heroic American contribution to World War I is one of the great stories of the twentieth century, and yet is largely overlooked by history. In Sons of Freedom, historian Geoffrey Wawro presents the dramatic narrative of the courageous American troops who took up arms in a conflict 4,000 miles across the Atlantic, and in doing so ensured the Allies' victory. Historians have long dismissed the American war effort as too little too late: a delayed...
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • “A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill’s statement that the first month of World War I was ‘a drama never surpassed.’”—Newsweek
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
In this landmark account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates...
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
In this landmark account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates...
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A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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In Pursuit to the Rhine, the Allies, under tactical air support, break through German lines and enemy resistance crumbles. In The Bomber Offensive, the Allies raid a German munitions factory by air and force a turning point in the war. The Battle of the Bulge tells the history of the last major engagement of the European campaign. The Battle of Germany tells of the final campaign of the European theater, with the British and Canadian offensive crossing...
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AMBERLEY Publishing
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2018
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English
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For the weary Allies 1918 was truly a year of victory. First came the defensive victories of the British and the French against the last desperate offensive launched by the Germans in the Spring. Then came the turning point of Foch's counter-offensive on the Marne followed by Haig's great attack on 8 August, the black day of the German Army, the breaking of the Hindenburg Line and the pursuit of the defeated German Army across the wasteland of war....
8) Soldier dog
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"It's 1917. In the trenches of France, miles from home, Stanley is a boy fighting a man's war. He is a dog handler, whose dog must be so loyal that he will cross no-man's-land alone under heavy fire to return to Stanley's side, carrying a message that could save countless lives. But this journey is fraught with danger, and only the bravest will survive. As the fighting escalates and Stanley experiences the true horror of war, he comes to realize that...
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A & E Television Networks
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2007, c2002
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Examines the fabled truce that took place on the Dec. 1914 Christmas Eve along the Western Front. German and British soldiers in Ypres, Belgium, spontaneously ceased hostilities and peacefully celebrated the holiday together. Includes eyewitness accounts, the recorded recollections of those who were there, newspaper stories and military records help document this extraordinary occurrence.
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Frontline
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2010
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"Guardsman Frederick Noakes fought on the Western Front for the last eighteen months of the Great War. In 1934, he wanted to write up his adventures while his memory was still undimmed using letters he wrote home between 1917 and 1919 as the basis for his memoir"--Jacket.
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Campaigns and commanders volume 18
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University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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Robert Humphrey presents a stirring view of combat from the perspective of the common soldier. He personally retraced the path of the 99th through Belgium and Germany and conducted extensive interviews with more than three hundred surviving veterans. The memories are remarkable for their clarity, many of which are painful and long repressed. These narratives, seamlessly woven to create a collective biography, offer a gritty reenactment of World War...
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Osprey Pub
Pub. Date
2007
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This book examines the day-to-day lives of the men as they fought and died in the trenches, from their recruitment and training to their combat experience. It provides an extensive re-assessment of trench warfare, a revolutionary tactic that challenged the war, and details developments in weaponry and armoured vehicles, including terrifying innovations in the use of poison gas, flamethrowers and tanks.--[jacket cover].