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It has become axiomatic that First World War literature was disenchanted, or disillusioned, and returning combatants were unable to process or communicate that experience. In Writing disenchantment,……続きを見る

Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service. Swiftly, they gained two opposing yet……続きを見る

'A magnetic and colourful portrait' Daily Telegraph Hugh 'Boom' Trenchard was embarrassed by being described as 'The Father of the Royal Air Force' - he thought others were more deserving. But the r……続きを見る

DIE WENIG BEKANNTE GESCHICHTE DER K. U. K. LUFTFAHRTRUPPEn, ERZÄHLT IN 50 BIOGRAFIEN. Vor 100 Jahren endete der ERSTE WELTKRIEG und damit auch die Geschichte eines zumeist wenig beachteten TEILS ÖST……続きを見る

The definitive biography of the war poet - 'Dominic Hibberd has probably done more more than any other individual to illuminate Owen's life and work. His new Life is a triumph ... it is difficult to……続きを見る

There are Official War Histories, specific Corps and unit histories and a few memoirs by Signalmen, but the Signal Service as a unique group of men has been overlooked. CEW Bean even apologised for ……続きを見る

These soldiers all volunteered to serve in the Australian Imperial Force to help defend the British Empire, democracies and the freedoms of people. The number of the soldiers court martialled during……続きを見る

Ettie Rout fought a battle for safer sex in the First World War ー and won. She gave New Zealand the best sexual health system when its army adopted her prophylactic kit and made every soldier going……続きを見る

'[R]eadable and thoughtful . . . does an excellent job of exploring how the murderous political police in all its incarnations defined the Soviet Union, and left a poisonous legacy still with us tod……続きを見る

K. B. E. E. Eimeleus was ahead of his time with his advocacy of ski training in the Russian armed forces. Employing terminology never before used in Russian to describe movements with which few were……続きを見る

L’allievo tenente Italo Ardenghi, si congeda dal padre e lascia Treviso per raggiungere la sua brigata, già in linea sul Passo Vezzena. Indossa la divisa immacolata, al suo fianco danza la pistola d’……続きを見る

Marie Marvingt (1875-1963) set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal for outstanding performance in all sports, invented the airplane ambulance, was the first female bo……続きを見る

The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richar……続きを見る

“The Greatest War Story of All – Takes rank with All Quiet on the Western Front. She fulfilled in every respect the conditions which made the terrible profession of a spy dignified and honourable. D……続きを見る

This remarkable woman, Ida May Morris was an imaginative raconteur, telling tall tales to entertain her family and friends. Her own story takes the reader through history as Ida experiences discrimi……続きを見る

The year 1919 has often been ignored in historians’ dizzy haste to enter the world of the Roaring Twenties but it was a year of enormous challenges and change. After a brief period of celebration af……続きを見る

Following World War I, horse cavalry entered a period during which it fought for its very existence against mechanized vehicles. On the Western Front, the stalemate of trench warfare became the defi……続きを見る

For Home and Empire is the first book to compare voluntary wartime mobilization across the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand home fronts. As communities organized to raise recruits or donate fun……続きを見る

General Harbord brought to his service in France a long and honorable record as fighting man. Nor did he depart from this tradition as his brilliant and all-too-brief command of the famous Second Di……続きを見る

The Great War Display Team was founded in 1988 and has since gone on to become one of Britain’s premier display teams, with a wealth of talented pilots passing through its ranks and amazing crowds w……続きを見る

After the German surrender in November 1918, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, the anchorage for the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet throughout the First World Wa……続きを見る

The historic city of Chester in Cheshire, in the north-west of England, experienced tragedies and hardships during the two World Wars. In the First World War many young men called up to fight in the……続きを見る

This book tells the story of the Jewish community, of its individuals and its groups, who contributed to the First World War. It describes the experiences of some of those who served and the impact ……続きを見る

A fundamental truth about British power in the nineteenth century and beyond was that Britain was a global power. Her international position rested on her global economic, naval and political presen……続きを見る

Berthold Reichel hat nicht nur eine Vielzahl an Scherenschnitten, Zeichnungen sowie Liedern und Märchen geschaffen. In seiner Zeit als Soldat im Ersten Weltkrieg führte er Tagebuch und schuf so ein ……続きを見る

Danskere på Vestfronten er historien om Første Verdenskrig fortalt gennem nogle af de ca. 26.000 danskere, der deltog i krigen på tysk side. Det er historien om livet i skyttegravene. Om mulighedern……続きを見る

Thomas Sølbeck var sønderjyde og blev indkaldt i 1916, men kom først afsted i 1917, da hans far kom hjem fra Østfronten. Thomas Sølbeck belv uddannet til kanoner i Itzehos og kom til Flandern og Els……続きを見る

Mens Første Verdenskrigs vestfront for mange er blevet lig med billedet af Første Verdenskrig, er krigens østfront gledet ud den fælles erindring. Fra verdenskrig til borgerkrig er den første bog på……続きを見る

Mange danskere meldte sig under Første Verdenskrig som frivillige i enten den canadiske, amerikanske, britiske, russiske og franske hær – eller i Fremmedlegionen. BREVE HJEM skildrer krigen gennem d……続きを見る

Thomas Dinesen (bror til Karen Blixen) tjente i Canada under Første Verdenskrig. Dette er hans krigsmemoirer. Thomas Dinesen var en af kun to danskere, som modtog Victoriakorset under Første Verdens……続きを見る