Michael - World War I 1

Originally published in 1959, this volume covers the history of the Service which has been through the centuries the first, and often the last line of British defence, and the spearhead of Britian’s……続きを見る

Calvin Rankin, a young man fleeing a bleak future, plunges into the Vietnam War. Navigating basic training, brotherhood, and violence, he emerges transformed from a harrowing rite at "The Gravity Cl……続きを見る

La Grande Guerre ailleurs et autrement. La Première Guerre mondiale doit-elle se résumer au front de l'Ouest, de la mer du Nord à la frontière suisse et à la célèbre tranchée ? Le Western front des ……続きを見る

Quando a Primeira Guerra Mundial terminou, em 1918, o saldo era de oito milhões de mortos: o mais apocalíptico episódio que o mundo conhecera até então. Michael Howard, professor de História Moderna……続きを見る

By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction provides a concis……続きを見る

How Australian civilians came to the Western Front and why, in their own words 続きを見る

In Dying to Learn**, Michael Hunzeker develops a novel theory to explain how wartime militaries learn.** He focuses on the Western Front, which witnessed three great-power armies struggle to cope wi……続きを見る

At the end of 1941, six weeks after the mass deportations of Jews from Nazi Germany had begun, Gestapo offices across the Reich received an urgent telex from Adolf Eichmann, decreeing that all war-w……続きを見る

Das Buch stellt die sich wandelnden Interessen der europäischen Großmächte während des Ersten Weltkriegs gegenüber einer sich erst herausbildenden polnischen Frage dar. Es zeigt, wie die Mittelmächt……続きを見る

Otto Dix fought in the First World War for the better part of four years before becoming one of the most important artists of the Weimar era. Marked by the experience, he made monumental, difficult ……続きを見る

Armistice in 1918 presented the British government with an enormous challenge how could the British army that had been built up on an unprecedented scale during the war be cut back to a peacetime si……続きを見る

A fully illustrated history of the Royal Air Force while on operations, publishing to mark the centenary of its foundation in World War I. The world's first independent air force, the Royal Air Forc……続きを見る

Field Marshal Lord Cavan (1865-1946) was one of the most distinguished commanders of the modern British army, but he divided opinion among his contemporaries. Some senior soldiers were disdainful. F……続きを見る

A highly illustrated account of the naval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914, which saw the destruction of both British and German squadrons. Upon the outbreak of war, the British Royal Na……続きを見る

The Times Children's Book of the Week 9th April 2023 Shortlisted for the Historical Association's Young Quills 2023 Award Inspired by a true family story, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing accou……続きを見る

On the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Michael Morpurgo tells a new story about this milestone moment in British history. Aunty Iris always treasured her small painting of a boat, painted by……続きを見る

Bois de Fourcaux, a luxuriant woodland covering 75 acres, set in the area of the battlefields of the Somme, dominates the surrounding landscape today, as it did in the summer of the year 1916. Known……続きを見る

In "The Irish on the Somme," Michael MacDonagh offers a poignant exploration of the Irish experience during one of World War I's bloodiest battles. Through a meticulous amalgamation of historical re……続きを見る

The battle for Guillemont raged throughout August 1916. Like so many of the battles into which the 'Big Push' degenerated, the struggle centred around a wood, Trones, and a heavily fortified village……続きを見る

For centuries the south coast of Kent in particular the ports of Dover and Folkestoneーhave been Englands front line, as her enemies have planned invasions and launched attacks from just across the ……続きを見る

Published to coincide with the anniversary of the First World War, this edition, superbly illustrated with contemporary photographs and colour maps, gives readers an insight into all aspects of the ……続きを見る

This wide-ranging collection of articles by some of the most renowned names in the subject explores the tumultuous events of the final year of the First World War. In 2018, the world commemorated th……続きを見る

Published to coincide with the anniversary of the First World War, this edition, superbly illustrated with contemporary photographs and colour maps, gives readers an insight into all aspects of the ……続きを見る

Unlike its near neighbour, working-class Salford, Manchester proved able to raise eight Pals battalions. Initially, these battalions were composed of middle-class men who experience before the war y……続きを見る

The First World War in the Mediterranean represented more than just a peripheral theatre to the war on the Western Front. Now in compact, e-guide form, this engaging volume includes details of Allie……続きを見る

Sometimes gritty and graphic, sometimes humorous and insightful, "A Frenchman's Duty" chronicles Arthur's true story of four-years as a French foot soldier and cook on the Western Front during World……続きを見る

“The hearse driver gave me a letter; it’s a last farewell to his wife and his two children. He’d shown me the photograph of his children. The man is pale and looks stricken. It’s certain that he’s t……続きを見る

These are the letters written to friends and loved ones by a man who discovered his courage and proved his humanity in cataclysmic times. They are an extraordinarily personal and moving testimony to……続きを見る

Explore the Eastern Front battle that resulted in one of the greatest defeats of World War I, in which an entire Russian army was annihilated by German arms. Tannenberg is a major battle that deserv……続きを見る

The spanish flu is an infamous virus which surged across 1918 europe, leaving a devastating pile of bodies in its wake. It crippled an already war-damaged europe, claimed millions of lives, and had ……続きを見る