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For years, those who attempted to understand the devastation of World War I looked to the collections of diplomatic documents, the stirring speeches, and the partisan memoirs of the leading particip……続きを見る

A special 100th-anniversary edition. Long overshadowed by the national obsession with the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign, the breathtaking story of what really happened on the Western Front has finall……続きを見る

In the early 20th century, the diesel-electric submarine made possible a new type of unrestricted naval warfare. Such brutal practices as targeting passenger, cargo, and hospital ships not only viol……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Der brave Soldat Schwejk ist ……続きを見る

“The Eat-Less Meat Book” is a vintage cookbook written during the First World War. As such, it focuses on meals that can be put together using only few ingredients, and ingredients that can be commo……続きを見る

Le 11 septembre 1917, l'as des as de la chasse française (53 avions allemands abattus) disparaissait à vingt-deux ans au cours d'une patrouille dans le ciel des Flandres. Ni le corps de Georges Guyn……続きを見る

The New Zealand soldiers who left these shores to fight in the First World War represented one of the greatest collective endeavours in the nation’s history. Over 100,000 men and women would embark ……続きを見る

‘Duty well done. That, in a simple phrase, sums up Warrington’s part in the greatest of wars. It is a proud reflection that, in the most critical period in history, Warrington was true to its splend……続きを見る

Before it became a standard military tactic, and immortalised in film, the science of sniping was both untrusted and often regarded as unsportsmanlike by the military. To nostalgic British generals ……続きを見る

The greatest of all wars. As told by one of England's greatest poets. 'The Irish Guards In The Great War' is a classic of military history - Rudyard Kipling's memorable two volume account of how one……続きを見る

The greatest of all wars.  As told by one of England's greatest poets.  'The Irish Guards In The Great War' is a classic of military history - Rudyard Kipling's memorable account of how ……続きを見る

“The finest and noblest book of men at war” Ernest Hemingway The classic novel of the Great War, set during the battle of the Somme. Her Privates We follows the story of Private Bourne, an ordinary ……続きを見る

Lieutenant Michael Carr’s peaceful life in a Cornish village is shattered with the outbreak of the Second World War. German planes are heard droning across darkening skies. Towns are set ablaze by i……続きを見る

“There were only twenty houses in Daleswood. A place you would scarcely have heard of. A village up top of the hills. When the war came there was no more than thirty men there between sixteen and fo……続きを見る

The Story of the Great War is a comprehensive and masterly account of World War 1 first published in 1920. The book stands up a century after the Armistice, and is a memorable description of what we……続きを見る

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World War History: First world war and the Unsung Heroes of World War Two - 2 Book Bundle. ***Please Note: This is a Military Short History*** Two world war history books inside: • The Forgotten Her……続きを見る

As World War I dragged on into 1915, German armies along the Western Front settled into stalemate with entrenched British and French forces. But in the East the picture was quite different. The Kais……続きを見る

‘Rugby may borrow the language of warfare, but in war injury time may last a whole lifetime and not all of the team go home after a shower and a beer.’ ~ Stephen Cooper: The Final Whistle, 2012. In ……続きを見る

A century ago, as World War I got underway, the Middle East was dominated, as it had been for centuries, by the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition, as th……続きを見る

This book makes two distinctive contributions to one of the most fundamental debates in modern European history. First, it presents readable and judicious accounts of the events and decisions direct……続きを見る

C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s celebrated translation of Proust’s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu was first published in 1922 and was a work which would exhaust and consume the translator, leading to his ear……続きを見る

Choice Outstanding Academic Title On June 11, 1937, a closed military court ordered the execution of a group of the Soviet Union's most talented and experienced army officers, including Marshal Mikh……続きを見る

Even Mississippi textbooks rarely mention the part Mississippi men and women played in World War I. Mississippians in the Great War presents in their own words the story of Mississippians and their ……続きを見る

A century after the beginning of the Great War, the contributions of the Maritimes to the formation of the Canadian Expeditionary force remain relatively unexplored. Till the Boys Come Home examines……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Irish Guards in the Great War: The First & The Second Battalion (Volume 1&2 - Complete Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table……続きを見る

On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous seven-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme. Over the next four and half months they co……続きを見る

Formed in August 1917, The 91st Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The 91st was one of the first five American flying squadr……続きを見る

Mary McAuliffe’s Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870–1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, i……続きを見る

Anthony Clayton is an acknowledged expert on the French military, and his book is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the First World War. He reveals why and how the French army f……続きを見る