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Peter Hart
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xxii, 522 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Focusing on the decisive engagements of World War I, the author explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders, looking at the changing weapons and tactics and offering his own assessment on what brought about the war's outcome.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xi, 480 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic opening weeks of the Great War passed into legend long before the conflict ended. The British Expeditionary Force fought a mesmerizing campaign, outnumbered and outflanked but courageous and skillful, holding the line against impossible odds, sacrificing themselves to stop the last great German offensive of 1914. A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment culminates in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet,...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
x, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"By 1918 the great First World War 'aces' had become the stuff of legend, and names like Manfred von Richthofen, James McCudden and Edward Mannock were powerful symbols to the warring nations. To their contemporaries these men seemed invincible. Their tactical genius, aerobatic flying skills and deadly gunnery had left a trail of burning aircraft in the skies above France." "But the very nature of war was changing. In a desperate measure to counter...
