Attrition: The Great War on the Western Front – 1916 by Robin NeillandsRequirements: .ePUB reader, 384 KBOverview: 1916. The year that a new word entered the military lexicon. The war of Attrition. At the start of 1916, the outlook was the Franco-British Armies on the Western Front. They were getting the men and guns they […]
The Death of Glory: The Western Front, 1915 by Robin NeillandsRequirements: .ePUB reader, 298 KBOverview: The First World War remains a controversial subject: the bitter reality is often clouded with popular – and damaging – myths. Many of these misconceptions relate to the competence of the generals and the true outcomes and achievements of battles […]
The Western Front: Landscape, Tourism and Heritage by Stephen MilesRequirements: .PDF reader, 5.9 MBOverview: The Western Front has become, once again, and after 100 years, an important and increasingly popular tourist destination. The Centenary is already encouraging large numbers of visitors to engage with this highly poignant landscape of war and to commemorate the sacrifice […]
VCs of the First World War: The Western Front 1915 by Peter F. Batchelor, Christopher Matson,Requirements: .ePUB reader, 5.3 MBOverview: The predictions of the war ‘being over by Christmas’ turned out to be far from the truth. By January 1915 the British Expeditionary Force found themselves trapped in the murderous stalemate of trench warfare. British […]
A Marine at Gallipoli and on The Western Front: First In, Last Out – The Diary of Harry Askin by Jean BakerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 13.8 MBOverview: Harry Askin was 22 when he enlisted at Nottingham in September 1914 and was sent to train with the Royal Marines at Portsmouth.He set sail with the Mediterranean Expeditionary […]