Defending The Ypres Front 1914 1918
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Author |
: Jan Vancoillie |
Publisher |
: Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 506 |
Release |
: 2017-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781526707482 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1526707489 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Defending the Ypres Front, 1914–1918 by : Jan Vancoillie
Published by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele in 2016 in Dutch as Bouwen aan het front, this book examines how the German army developed field fortifications to hold what can loosely be described as the Ypres Front. With the decision by Falkenhayn in 1915 to concentrate Germanys offensive efforts largely in the east, the German defenders around Ypres set to developing their lines for semi-permanent occupation. The sub soil around the Salient generally made it difficult to construct and maintain mined (i.e. deep) dugouts—unlike on, for example the Somme, with easily worked chalk not far below the surface. The only practicable alternative was to use reinforced concrete.In this book the authors (both with many years of experience in researching and working on matters Great War, particularly the German army in Belgium) have examined in detail an impressive range of primary sources to provide a narrative of what the Germans built, how they built it (the logistical challenge was enormous) and how the designs and requirements of bunkers (for example, forward medical bunkers, artillery shelters, machine gun and observation bunkers) changed as the war progressed and as the military situation on the front dictated. There are many photographs, largely unseen by British readers, design diagrams and maps to supplement the text; whilst the activities of selected particular formations are examined in detail to provide an example of the effort that was put into the work.Additions to the Dutch edition will include a tours section, taking a visitor to accessible remaining structures in the Salient area; and a glossary of terms and their English equivalent. The book will be in full color throughout.
Author |
: Jan Vancoillie |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1526707470 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781526707475 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Defending the Ypres Front 1914-1918 by : Jan Vancoillie
Author |
: Beatrix Brice |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2014-09-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473843028 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1473843022 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Battle Book of Ypres by : Beatrix Brice
Of the many hard-fought battles on the Western Front, Ypres stands out as an example of almost inhuman endeavour. For four long years it was the focal point of desperate fighting. Officially there were four main battles in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918; these were more accurately peaks in a continuing struggle, for Ypres symbolised Belgian defiance, and the British continued to expend disproportionate resources on defending it. It never fell, although the Germans came close to its gates, and indeed its loss would have been a severe blow to morale.The Battle Book of Ypres, originally published in 1927 and now presented again as a special Centenary Edition, comprises a chronological account of the fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War, followed by a useful and unique alphabetical reference to the events in and around each hamlet, village or wood names familiar to those who fought or followed the course of war all those years ago, names now once again lost in insignificance. The names given to each stage of the struggle by the Battle Nomenclature Committee are listed in the appendix. Also included is an index of formations and units, an annotated bibliography and a new Foreword by military historian Nigel Cave.
Author |
: Winston Groom |
Publisher |
: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 2007-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781555847807 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1555847803 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Storm in Flanders by : Winston Groom
From the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Forrest Gump: “A fascinating, evenhanded, page-turning account” of Ypres’s pivotal WWI battles (San Francisco Chronicle). The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded territory in all of World War I—possibly of any war in history. After Germany’s failed attempt to capture Britain’s critical ports along the English Channel, a bloody stalemate ensued in this pastoral area no larger than the island of Manhattan. Ypres became a place of horror, heroism, and terrifying new tactics and technologies: poison gas, tanks, mines, air strikes, and the unspeakable misery of trench warfare. Drawing on the journals of the men and women who were there, Winston Groom has penned a drama of politics, strategy, the human heart, and the struggle for victory against all odds. This ebook features 16 pages of black-and-white historical photographs. “Everything nonfiction should be.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Groom reconstructs a forgotten military passage that serves as a cautionary tale about war’s consequences.” —Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “Groom’s account, full of detail and the smell of gunsmoke, is expertly paced and free of dull stretches.” —Kirkus Reviews “Moving . . . Inspiring . . . An important and brilliantly written book.” —Booklist
Author |
: Tony Spagnoly |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 1990-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780850523195 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0850523192 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Salient Points One by : Tony Spagnoly
A collection of stories of men, their units and the actions they took part in during the conflict of 1914-1918, together with stories other points of interest along the old Western Front. Each story is supported with photographs and maps showing the area of the action as it was then, and is today. The content feature-titles are: Larch Wood (Railway Cuttings) Cemetery; Second Lieutenant Keith Rae; Bellewaarde Farm; Major William Redmond; H. H. Prince Maurice of Battenberg; Major Cropper?s Craters; Sergeant Harry Combes D.C.M., R.G.A.; A Cemetery Lost; A Scottish Soldier; Along the Messines Ridge; Halloween Night 1914; A Bloodless Victory; Old Bill is Born; The Yanks are Coming; The Lost Mines of Messines; Hospitalization South of Poperinghe and Canada at Ypres.
Author |
: Ian Beckett |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2013-12-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317865346 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317865340 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ypres by : Ian Beckett
The battle for Ypres in October and November 1914 represented the last opportunity for open, mobile warfare on the Western Front. In the first study of First Ypres for almost 40 years, Ian Beckett draws on a wide range of sources never previously used to reappraise the conduct of the battle, its significance and its legacy.
Author |
: Beatrix Brice |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2014-09-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473821231 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1473821231 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Battle Book of Ypres by : Beatrix Brice
Of the many hard-fought battles on the Western Front, Ypres stands out as an example of almost inhuman endeavour. For four long years it was the focal point of desperate fighting. Officially there were four main battles in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918; these were more accurately peaks in a continuing struggle, for Ypres symbolised Belgian defiance, and the British continued to expend disproportionate resources on defending it. It never fell, although the Germans came close to its gates, and indeed its loss would have been a severe blow to morale.??The Battle Book of Ypres, originally published in 1927 and now presented again as a special Centenary Edition, comprises a chronological account of the fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War, followed by a useful and unique alphabetical reference to the events in and around each hamlet, village or wood Ð names familiar to those who fought or followed the course of war all those years ago, names now once again lost in insignificance. The names given to each stage of the struggle by the Battle Nomenclature Committee are listed in the appendix. Also included is an index of formations and units, an annotated bibliography and a new Foreword by military historian Nigel Cave.
Author |
: Herbert Howland Sargent |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 1920 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044020482816 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Strategy on the Western Front (1914-1918) by : Herbert Howland Sargent
Author |
: Paddy Griffith |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 159 |
Release |
: 2013-08-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472805263 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472805267 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fortifications of the Western Front 1914–18 by : Paddy Griffith
Following the early battles of 1914 along the Marne and in the Ypres salient, World War I rapidly changed from a war of movement into one of attrition, with the opposing sides entrenching themselves in a line of fortified positions from the Flanders coastline to the Swiss border. This volume details the different styles of fortification used on the Western Front throughout the course of the war, from the early ditches of 1914 to the complicated systems of 1918. It explains the development of the 'defence in depth' German system and the British reaction to it, as well as illustrating the importance of the pre-war forts, particularly around Verdun.
Author |
: Professor Michael S Neiberg |
Publisher |
: Amber Books Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 226 |
Release |
: 2012-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781906626129 |
ISBN-13 |
: 190662612X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Western Front 1914-1916 by : Professor Michael S Neiberg
The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns of the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German colonies in the Pacific, the World War I series provides a six-volume history of the battles and campaigns that raged on land, at sea and in the air.