Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Brave battalion Brave battalion Mark Zeuhlke "Mark Zuehlke ... tells the story of the average Canadian who volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force through the lens of one battalion -- the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) of the 1st C… OL13621584W
The Great War in History The Great War in History Jay Winter Since the Armistice, a vast literature has been produced on the First World War and its repercussions. For the first time, two leading historians from the United States and France have produced a ful… OL15176105W
Digging up Plugstreet Digging up Plugstreet 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 … OL15519798W
An Equal Burden An Equal Burden 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… OL20928450W
Neither Unionist nor Nationalist - The 10th (Irish) Division in the Great War Neither Unionist nor Nationalist - The 10th (Irish) Division in the Great War Stephen Sandford This book is a major history account of the 10th (Irish) Division during World War I. Unlike the 36th (Ulster) and the 16th (Irish) Divisions, which have been well served by historians in recent year… OL27695957W
Lost Battalions Lost Battalions Richard Slotkin Constructed as a military history of two American army regiments of World War I, Slotkin's narrative functions as an inquiry into the soldiers'racial and ethnic backgrounds. Both units were raised in… OL464108W
Swansea Pals Swansea Pals Bernard Lewis Chapters on early recruitment and training in Swansea 1914/15; at the front in France and Flanders; trench raid 4 June 1916; the attack on Mametz Wood 10 July 1916; the Passchendaele Offensive 31 Jul… OL5856476W
The Hellfighters of Harlem The Hellfighters of Harlem Bill Harris "From Harlem to the Rhine to Paris - spanning military valor and musical splendor - the story of the fighting 369th, the modern U.S. Army's first all-black regiment, along with its military forbears … OL6443694W
MACHINE GUNNER 1914 - 1918 MACHINE GUNNER 1914 - 1918 CE Crutchley 238 p., [8] p. of plates : 20 cm OL9028577W