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Your daughter, Fanny Your daughter, Fanny Frances Cluett xxxi, 172 p. : 22 cm OL12178146W
For Love and Courage For Love and Courage Anne Nason Extracts from a unique collection of 700 First World War lettersLt Colonel E.W. Hermon died in a hail of bullets on the 9th April 1917, the first day of the Battle of Arras, leading his men of the 24… OL15169662W
Contested commemorations Contested commemorations Benjamin Ziemann "This innovative study of remembrance in Weimar Germany analyses how experiences and memories of the Great War were transformed along political lines after 1918. Examining the symbolism, language and… OL16699931W
A Tommys Sketchbook Writings And Drawings From The Trenches A Tommys Sketchbook Writings And Drawings From The Trenches Henry Buckle 160 p. : 19 cm OL17577095W
Sisters in arms Sisters in arms Nicola Tyrer "The experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses (QAs) in the Second World War are some of the greatest adventure stories of modern times and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-c… OL17887225W
To Raise the Fallen To Raise the Fallen William Joseph Gabriel Doyle Irish military chaplain Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J., died in action during the Battle of Passchendaele on August 16, 1917, having been hit by a German shell while rushing to the aid of wounded soldiers tr… OL17941979W
Testament of youth Testament of youth Vera Brittain A vivid and passionate record of the years 1900 to 1925, this is Vera Brittain's haunting autobiography - a portrait of a young girl's life in prewar England and a heartbreaking document of the holoc… OL1971473W
The burning of the world The burning of the world Béla Zombory-Moldován "Publishing during the 100th Anniversary of World War I , an NYRB Classics Original. The budding young Hungarian artist Bela Zombory-Moldovan was abroad on vacation when World War I broke out in Augu… OL19986382W
Swansong 1945 Swansong 1945 Shaun Whiteside,Walter Kempowski Swansong 1945 brings together hundreds of letters, diary extracts and autobiographical accounts to chronicle four days in 1945: 20th April, Hitler's last birthday, 25th April, when American and Sovie… OL20001265W
Voices from the front Voices from the front 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… OL20056527W
To fight alongside friends To fight alongside friends Charles Campbell May The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A born storyteller, Charlie May's vivid eye for detail and warm g… OL20882589W
Harry's War Harry's War 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 … OL21060233W
Lest we forget Lest we forget Joshua Levine,Max Arthur,Hugh Mcmanners This skillfully compiled anthology draws on the successful 'Forgotten Voices' series. 'Lest We Forget' brings together first-hand recollections from the Great War to the Second World War to illustrat… OL24195440W
Somewhere in France Somewhere in France Frederick A. Kittleman,Thomas J. Schaeper 1 online resource OL27078080W
24hr trench 24hr trench Andrew Robertshaw During the Great War millions of men lived in the trenches of the Western Frotn. It is difficult for us to understand how they coped in such a confined space with the constant terror of enemy attack.… OL27680453W
World War I World War I Linda S. George Describes the impact of World War I on life in the United States, discussing such topics as propaganda, prejudices against immigrants and African-Americans, opposition to the war, and women's roles. OL3276892W
Namida no adiosu Namida no adiosu Higashide, Seiichi "English translation and first privately published edition of a valuable book on Japanese immigration and internment during WWII. Initially published in Japanese to a limited readership. This informa… OL3606964W
Some desperate glory Some desperate glory Edwin Campion Vaughan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Desperate_Glory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Campion_Vaughan OL4644151W
An American for Lafayette An American for Lafayette Edmond Charles Clinton Genet "The diaries and flight log of Edmond C.C. Genet contain the only known daily record of an American's service with the French Air Service and the Lafayette Escadrille in 1915-17. They give us an inti… OL6442714W
1915 - The Death of Innocence 1915 - The Death of Innocence Lyn MC Donald By the end of 1914, the battered British forces were bogged down, yet hopeful that promised reinforcements and spring weather would soon lead to a victorious breakthrough. A year later, after appalli… OL7975866W
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