World War I category: 3312 books
by Chris McNab
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
The Remembrance Poppy is a haunting reminder of the ultimate cost of war. Worn by millions around the world every year, the Poppy compels us to remember war’s dead, wounded and bereaved, regardless of nationality or conflict. As we reflect on the centenary of the First World War, this book charts...
Challenge of Battle
The Real Story of the British Army in 1914
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Winston Churchill described the opening campaign of World War I as 'a drama never surpassed'. The titanic clash of Europe's armies in 1914 is one the great stories of 20th-century history, and one in which the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) played a notable part. Previous assessments of the BEF...
Black Poppies
Britain's Black Community and the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
In 1914 there were at least 10,000 black Britons, many of African and West Indian heritage, fiercely loyal to their Mother Country. Despite being discouraged from serving in the British Army during the First World War, men managed to join all branches of the armed forces and black communities made...
Back Over There
One American Time-Traveler, 100 Years Since the Great War, 500 Miles of Battle-Scarred French Countryside, and Too Many Trenches, Shells, Legends and Ghosts to Count
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
In The Last of the Doughboys, Richard Rubin introduced readers to a forgotten generation of Americans: the men and women who fought and won the First World War. Interviewing the war’s last survivors face-to-face, he knew well the importance of being present if you want to get the real story. But...
Catching the Torch
Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Chapter Four
"Other Canadians: The representation of alternate versions of the Canadian War in Vimy, Unity (1918), Three Day Road, and A Secret Between Us"
Neta Gordon
Gordon examines portrayals of the myth of the Canadian collective. Thiessen's Vimy (2007) depicts diversity...
Hero on the Western Front
Discovering Alvin York's WWI Battlefield
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
They knew it was the end. Weakened by four years of war, the reality had finally dawned on the Germans that their armies could never stop the combined might of the Allied forces, now bolstered by the fresh, enthusiastic Americans, who were now determined to be involved in the conflict that had engulfed...
by Derek Tait
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Exeter played a vital role during the First World War supplying men for the Army and raising funds to help troops overseas. The Mayoress and her team played a key part collecting money to aid homeless Belgian refugees in the city while also supporting other worthy causes both home and overseas. Soldiers...
by Kenneth D. Rose
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book examines the experiences of Americans in Europe during the First World War prior to the U.S. declaration of war. Key groups include volunteer soldiers, doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, reporters, diplomats, peace activists, charitable workers, and long-term American expatriate civilians....
Gloucester & Newbury 1643
The Turning Point of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2007
The campaign that led to the first Battle of Newbury in 1643 represents a vital phase in the English Civil War, yet rarely has it received the attention it deserves. In this compelling and meticulously researched new study, Jon Day shows how the campaign was critical to the outcome of the war and...
by Peter F. Batchelor, Christopher Matson
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
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 troops had suffered badly in the early campaigns and by January 1915 were...
Kitchener's Lost Boys
From the Playing Fields to the Killing Fields
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
As many as 250,000 underage boys found themselves fighting in World War I, and over half would never return home. This is their story, delving into the complex history of Britain's youngest Great War recruits. Despite the rule of being 18 years old to enlist and 19 to serve overseas many young boys...
The Kaiser's Army
The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2004
This volume covers a fascinating period in the history of the German army, a time in which machine guns, airplanes, and weapons of mass destruction were first developed and used. Eric Brose traces the industrial development of machinery and its application to infantry, cavalry, and artillery tactics....
Pioneers of Aerial Combat
Air Battles of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
When the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the early years of the twentieth century it sparked the imagination of those who wanted to fly, both in their country and around the world. In Britain, however, the spark wasn't strong enough to light a fire and it was in other parts of Europe, notably...
Over The Top
Veterans of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
With the stroke of a pen, the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918 promised a World of peace and cooperation. Popularly called "the war to end all wars," the Great War was intended to prevent incidents like the one at Sarajevo in 1914. In general, peace and harmony did continue,...