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Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918
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Woodward, E. L. Sir |
xxxix, 610 pages : 21 cm |
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Sniping in France, 1914-18
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Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard |
Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was an explorer and adventurer who revolutionized the training of British Army snipers during the First World War. In this richly-detailed book, he explains his … |
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WW1 at Sea
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Victoria Carolan |
Images of WWI in the popular consciousness normally involve the bloody attrition of trench warfare, the miles of mud, the shattered earth, the tangled miles of barbed wire. However there was another … |
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Digging up Plugstreet
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Richard Osgood |
"This is the compelling story of the Australian soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division who journeyed to England in 1914, and who fought and died on the Western Front during the First World War. Using … |
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At home and under fire
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Susan R. Grayzel |
"War has always had consequences for civilians, but during the First World War, air raids redefined British civilians' experiences and expectations of warfare. This book also demonstrates how the leg… |
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Barbed Wire Disease
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John Yarnall |
From the Preface...
This study concentrates on British and German prisoners taken on the Western Front, where alleged neglect and ill-treatment became the subject of major propaganda campaigns in … |
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A Motorcycle Courier in the Great War
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W. H. L. Watson |
This book appears to be a reprint, under a different title, of *Adventures of a Despatch Rider*, first published 1915 |
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The secret rooms
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Catherine Bailey |
For fans of Downton Abbey: the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI. After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died a… |
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Voices from the front
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Hart, Peter |
"In the 1980s and early 1990s, Peter Hart, then a young oral historian at the Imperial War Museum in London, conducted 183 interviews with British World War I veterans. After the death of the last ve… |
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The final whistle
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Stephen Cooper |
'The Final Whistle' plays tribute to the role rugby played during the First World War by following the poignant stories of 15 men who played for Rosslyn Park. Their story is told through personal dia… |
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An Equal Burden
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Jessica Meyer |
"An Equal Burden forms the first scholarly study of the Army Medical Services in the First World War to focus on the roles and experiences of the men of the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAM… |
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Harry's War
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Harry Drinkwater |
Summary:'I saw several fellows fall, one fellow coughing up blood and all the time, bullets were hacking about me. I ran for about 70 yards carrying with me all the Lewis gun things I had brought up … |
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Courage of Cowards
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Karyn Burnham |
Using previously unpublished archive material, Karyn Burnham has reconstructed the personal stories of several very different 'conchies' in an accessible, immediate style, without sentimentalising th… |
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The home front
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S. C. Lomax |
"The First World War saw many changes to Sheffield that have helped shape what the city is today. It is apt that as we mark the centenary of outbreak of the war, whilst paying our respects to those w… |
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Men Who Played The Game
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Mike Rees |
The Great War took the lives of millions, among them sportsmen from Britain and the Empire. This new book explores how sport - players, fans and governing bodies - viewed the war, charting the links … |
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Drawing fire
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Len Smith |
The horrors of war in the trenches are brought to life with a rare immediacy and power through the diary of soldier and artist Len Smith. Enduring battles such as those at Loos and Vimy Ridge, Len su… |
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'I'r Fyddin Fechgyn Gwalia!'
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Clive Hughes |
"North-west Wales was an area steeped in Welsh culture and tradition in August 1914. Industries such as seamanship and quarrying were practised, but the agricultural year was the greatest influence o… |
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The theatre of war
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Heinz Kosok |
vii, 286 pages : 23 cm |
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Britain, France, and the financing of the First World War
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Horn, Martin |
"Fighting the First World War consumed lives, material, and money. Millions died; more suffered. By war's end, the political map of Europe had been redrawn as empires disappeared and new states arose… |
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Singled out
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Virginia Nicholson |
In 1919 a generation of young women discovered that there were, quite simply, not enough men to go round, and the statistics confirmed it. After the 1921 Census, the press ran alarming stories of the… |
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