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The Myth of the Great War
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| NZ$ 32.95 each |
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| Author: John Mosier |
| Published by: Profile Books |
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A challenging revisionist history of World War One - 'How the Germans won the battles and how the Americans saved the Allies'.
Based on a decade of research in French and German archives, The Myth of the Great War reveals what actually happened on the battlefield, as opposed to what French and British commanders and governments claimed. John Mosier analyses campaigns routinely ignored, and shows why conventional accounts of such major battles as Verdun are incorrect. He explains how German weapons, tactics, training and leadership were consistently superior and why their losses were very substantially less than those of the Allies. Mosier also discusses the major military leaders on both sides - Joffre, Pétain, Foch, Gallieni, von Moltke, Ludendorff, von Falkenhayn, von Mudra, Pershing, French, Haig, Wilson and others.
John Mosier is full professor of English at Loyola University in New Orleans, where, as chair
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Rats Alley
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| NZ$ 80.00 each |
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| Author: Peter Chasseaud |
| Published by: Tempus Publishing Ltd |
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This ground breaking book is the first ever study of the trench names of the Western front providing over 10,000 french names complete with map references which reveal the full horror of trench warfare as well as throwing an extraordinary sidelight on the cultural life of the period and the landscape and battles of the Western Front. This book makes it possible to comprehend the daily life in the trenches, the vast range of weaponry and the lethal nature of the titanic battles. Names such as Lovers Lane, Lavender Walk, Idiots Corner, International Trench, Nonsense Trench, Chaos Trench, Gangrene Alley and many more can be placed in context as can the reason why the French called German trenches Tranchee des Homosexuels, Boyau du Harem and Boyau des Eunuques. Covers all the major and minor battlefields, from Ypres, Loos, Vimy Ridge and Arras to the Somme, Cambrai and the 1918 battles. Includes the first ever gazetteer of over 10,000
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British Territorial Units, 1914-18
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| Author: Ray Westlake |
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In his Army Reforms of 1906/07 the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane, provided for an expeditionary force - the Regular Army supplemented by the old Militia - and a new organisation intended for home defence, the Territorial Force. This new 'Citizen's Army' was formed by the transfer of the Honourable Artillery Company, Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer Force, all with many years of service and tradition. At the outbreak of war, the Territorial Force was organised as per the Regular Army, with infantry battalions, artillery, engineers, supply and medical formations. This title takes a highly detailed and illustrated look at the badges and uniforms and the changing organisation of the British Territorial units during the Great War. It also covers the combat experiences of the men who soon found themselves in service overseas, in the thick of the fighting.
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