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James Carl Nelson tells the dramatic true story of five brilliant young soldiers from Harvard, a thrilling tale of combat and heroism. Five Lieutenants tells the story of five young Harvard men who ……続きを見る

Think you know about British history and the causes of the First World War? Think again. This fascinating and gripping study of events at the turn of the Twentieth Century is a remarkable insight in……続きを見る

Many thousands of Royal Naval seamen and Royal Marines fought in the trenches of the Great War alongside soldiers from across the Empire. Their graves may be found around Antwerp, on the Gallipoli p……続きを見る

Unieke collectie cartoons over WO I uit meer dan 30 landen Dit bijzondere referentiewerk brengt een verrassende synthese van de Eerste Wereldoorlog aan de hand van 400 historische cartoons. Spotpren……続きを見る

September 1914, and the whole of Europe was at war following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his beloved wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914. In France and……続きを見る

With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were present……続きを見る

Before Jutland is a definitive study of the naval engagements in northern European waters in 1914–15 when the German High Sea Fleet faced the Grand Fleet in the North Sea and the Russian Fleet in th……続きを見る

Hitler's U-boats and his dreaded pocket battleships such as Bismarck and Tirpitz - Churchill dubbed the latter as 'The Beast' - continue to fascinate an ever-growing interest in the Second World War……続きを見る

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Daniel Reid was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele. His body was never recovered; however, there is nothing singular about that. What is remarkable i……続きを見る

Private James Herbert (Herb) Gibson was 26 years old when he volunteered for service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War. Born near Perth, Ontario and descended from Scottish ……続きを見る

IF EVER there was a subject fit for the hand of the biographer, the story of the Great Eastern is surely it. James Dugan has made the entertaining most of a monstrous but true episode of the high Vi……続きを見る

Frank Vans Agnew left America in 1914 and claiming to be 40 (rather than 46) enlisted in 2nd King Edward's Horse. He arrived in France in 1915 at Festubert and was given a commission. After attendin……続きを見る

A full account of the tragic life of John “Jack” Kipling, son of Rudyard Kipling, lost in battle during World War I. On September 27, 1915, John Kipling, the only son of Britain’s best loved poet, d……続きを見る

This is the story of the naval war in northern European waters following the critical if inconclusive battle of Jutland. There is a popular misconception that the battle marked the end of the operat……続きを見る

De belangstelling voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog, de eerste echt totale oorlog, lijkt ook na honderd jaar alleen maar toe te nemen. Als gevolg van een vergissing van een chauffeur in Sarajevo kreeg een……続きを見る

Published by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele in 2016 in Dutch as Bouwen aan het front, this book examines how the German army developed field fortifications to hold what can loosely be described a……続きを見る

Europa in het jaar van Hitlers staatsgreep van Mark Jones is een urgente geschiedenis die ook laat zien wat het gevaar is als Europese samenwerking en democratieën onder druk komen te staan 1923. ……続きを見る

What is the purpose of Veterans Day? But are you aware of the fascinating background behind Veterans Day? Learn the fascinating history of Veterans Day, the day on which we pay tribute to the valian……続きを見る

In 'De ruiters van Zuid-Afrika: een verhaal uit de dagen van Jameson en Krugersdorp 1895-96' neemt L. Penning ons mee naar de spannende gebeurtenissen in Zuid-Afrika tijdens de periode van Jameson e……続きを見る

A newly discovered account of life in the trenches that challenges our perception of how British troops viewed the First World War. There is no shortage of personal accounts from the First World War……続きを見る

1915 kışında Avrupa bir çıkmaza girmişti. I. Dünya Savaşı'nın hala devam ediyor olması genel bir şaşkınlık yaratmıştı - herkes savaşın yakında bitmesini bekliyordu. Ancak savaş genişlemiş ve tüm bek……続きを見る

İnsanlık tarihinin en kanlı çatışmalarından biri olan ve 28 Temmuz 1914'ten 11 Kasım 1918'e kadar süren I. Dünya Savaşı, uluslararası politikada büyük bir çalkantıya neden oldu: yeni devletler kurul……続きを見る

This book makes five original documents relating to the work of Britain's Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during the First World War readily available to students and historians. To enhance visual in……続きを見る

This book describes in considerable detail the people, events ships and aircraft that shaped the Air Service from its origins in the late 19th century to its demise in 1945. The formative years bega……続きを見る

Ninety years after the Battle of the Somme was fought, visitors continue to flock in very large numbers to the massive Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, site of a bitter three-month struggle duri……続きを見る

A history of American cameramen covering the news of World War I, from the dangerous front line and the risk of execution to red tape and censorship. At the start of hostilities in World War I, when……続きを見る

Pershing's Lieutenants details the history of the key leaders working for and with the American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing, several of whom went on to become im……続きを見る

This is the fascinating story of army fixed-wing cooperation units who were made up of specially trained volunteer army personnel. These men were trained to fly, to reconnoiter across the front line……続きを見る

In 1916 German aerial domination, once held sway by rotary-engined Fokker and Pfalz E-type wing-warping monoplanes, had been lost to the more nimble French Nieuports and British DH 2s which not only……続きを見る

In the brutally cold winter of 1919, 5,000 Americans battled the Red Army 600 miles north of Moscow. We have forgotten. Russia has not. "AN EXCELLENT BOOK." ーWall Street Journal • "INCREDIBLE." ー ……続きを見る