The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I

The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I
Title The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I PDF eBook
Author Jon E. Lewis
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2003
Genre World War, 1914-1918
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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I

The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I
Title The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I PDF eBook
Author Jon E. Lewis
Publisher Running Press Adult
Pages 544
Release 2003-12-31
Genre History
ISBN 9780786712885

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The Great War haunts the world still. It slaughtered a generation of young men; claimed limbs, wounded souls; drenched battlefields in blood; made sad legends of the Western Front, Gallipoli, and Jutland, and made heroes of poets; farmers, and factory workers. Clerks it made into Tommies, doughboys, or the Hun. And in this new Mammoth volume the voices of such eyewitnesses to history as these are heard again. So are the words of generals, statesmen, and kings. From the trenches in Flanders to the staff rooms of the Imperial German Army, with the Land Girls in England and U-boat crews in the Atlantic, alongside T. E. Lawrence in Arabia's desert and the Red Baron in the air—with a variety of extracts from letters, speeches, memoirs, diaries, and dispatches, this gripping collection covers each year and every facet of World War I. Among its wide range of witnesses are King George V, Robert Graves, Leon Trotsky, Erwin Rommel, Ernst Junger, Ernest Hemingway, American aviator Eddie Rickenbacker; and Winston S. Churchill. The pieces in this volume compose a stirring human drama of the conflict that redrew the map of the modern world and determined the political course of the twentieth century.

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I
Title The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I PDF eBook
Author Jon E. Lewis
Publisher Robinson
Pages 257
Release 2012-03-01
Genre History
ISBN 1780337299

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The spectre of the Great War still haunts us. No other conflict so dramatically illustrates the waste of life, and the slaughter of innocents, as that of 1914-18. And none has so dramatically shaped the modern world: the Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the break-up of Empire, the supremacy of America and World War II all stem from the four years of the 'war to end all wars'. Here is the eye-witness chronicle of that war, from the trenches of Flanders to the staff rooms of the Imperial Germany Army, from T. E. Lawrence in the desert to the 'Red Baron' in the air, from Land Girls in England to German U-boat crews in the Atlantic, it leaves nothing out. And if all the horror of the war fought by the Tommies in the trenches is captured, so too are the machinations of the 'top brass' and politicians.

The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness History 2000

The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness History 2000
Title The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness History 2000 PDF eBook
Author Jon E. Lewis
Publisher Running PressBook Pub
Pages 630
Release 2000
Genre History
ISBN 9780786707478

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Takes a snapshot view of history from 2700 B.C. to 2000 A.D. and offers a collection of eyewitness accounts of the most memorable historical and social events taken from memoirs, diaries, letters and journals. Original.

America in World War I

America in World War I
Title America in World War I PDF eBook
Author Richard Worth
Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pages 52
Release 2006-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780836872927

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Explores the Spanish American War and the events that led the United States to enter the war in Europe in 1917, follows the major events of American participation in the war, and examines the American international role after the war.

The Mammoth Book of War Diaries and Letters

The Mammoth Book of War Diaries and Letters
Title The Mammoth Book of War Diaries and Letters PDF eBook
Author Jon E. Lewis
Publisher Constable
Pages 498
Release 1998-01-01
Genre Great Britain
ISBN 9781854878885

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The Perfect Sturm: Innovation and the Origins of Blitzkrieg in World War I

The Perfect Sturm: Innovation and the Origins of Blitzkrieg in World War I
Title The Perfect Sturm: Innovation and the Origins of Blitzkrieg in World War I PDF eBook
Author Captain John F. O’Kane USAF
Publisher Pickle Partners Publishing
Pages 122
Release 2015-11-06
Genre History
ISBN 1786250217

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What are the origins of tactical innovation in large, bureaucratic, military systems? This study will provide a detailed analysis of how the German Army in World War One took advantage of innovative tactical methods developed by their junior and non-commissioned officers (NCO) in the field. While many historians often look at the results of WWI from the perspective of the General officers and politicians (i.e., top-down), they often overlook the important roles played by creative junior officers in revolutionizing the manner in which the German Army fought. These innovations, when supported by senior leadership, led to massive operational and strategic gains for the German Army late in World War One. Moreover, the study will explore how the German Army successfully applied these tactical innovations at the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, a.k.a. The Battle of Caporetto in 1917. The result was a crushing Italian defeat. This success encouraged the German leadership to attempt similar offensives in 1918 on the Western Front in France. Initially successful, the offensives later stalled. However, the lessons of these attacks formed the basis for what would become universally known as the Blitzkrieg, or “lighting-war” tactics. These lessons continue to affect how modern militaries employ combined arms in maneuver warfare today. This case study will highlight the importance of “bottom-up” tactical innovation within today’s U.S. military.