The Tactical Employment of Machine Guns and Tanks in the First World War
by Shaun Corkerry
History of the 31st Canadian Infantry Battalion C.E.F.
by Horace C Singer
Book was originally written for 31st Battalion Association distribution only, and compiled and bound for the Association by Knight Bindery, Calgary, in 1938. Darrell Knight secured the publication rights to re-publish an edited and expanded version of the book, with an added index.
The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War. These units included the four regular regiments-the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment and Welsh Guards-as well as the Territorial Monmouthshire Regiment, the Yeomanry regiments: the Denbighshire Hussars, Pembroke Yeomanry, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, Glamorgan Yeomanry and Welsh Horse Yeomanry and their...
Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II. John Walter draws on meticulous research and the reminiscences of more than fifty snipers, tracing their journeys from recruitment and selection through training, combat and its aftermath to reveal a surprising commonality of experience, even across nationalities. Laying bare the triumphs and brutalities of sniping, the personalities and psychologies of those who...
In the Enemy's Country: Being the Diary of a Little Tour in Germany Elsewhere During the Early Days of the War (Classic Reprint)
by Mary Houghton
Charles ‘Skipper’ Lynam, the celebrated preparatory school headmaster at the Dragon School, Oxford, during the First World War, inspired a generation of his pupils as they found themselves caught up in the conflict. This book tells the story of the school’s wartime years and the various fronts on which its boys were involved. It traces the roots of a school founded by Oxford dons for their children, its idiosyncratic ways and the extraordinary relationship Skipper Lynam forged with his boys, som...
The Genoa Conference (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
by Carole Fink
This work, by Carole Fink, winner of the George Louis Beer Prize, traces the origin and outcome of the Genoa Conference in 1921/22, one of the most important events in European diplomacy following World War I.
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 19
The First World War Letters of Philip and Ruth Hewetson (Norfolk Record Society, Volume 78)
Yateley in the Great War (Towns & Cities in the Great War)
by Tipton, Peter J
There were fewer than 500 houses in Yateley in WWI but with Aldershot, Farnborough, Camberley and Sandhurst close by, this Hampshire village's response to the call to arms was more prepared than most, and punched above its weight. Using contemporary evidence from many sources researched by our local history team, the Yateley Society recreates the impact of the War on our predecessors. The story of the men who left Yateley to fight -- territorials, regulars, volunteers and conscripts -- is told...
Canons De La Victoire (Les Materiels De L'Armee Francaise)
by Guy Francois
This little, well-structured volume reviews the 49 different guns of this type from the modest 95-mm coast gun mounted on an armoured wagon to the redoubtable 340, 370 and 400-mm guns, without forgetting the most gigantic of them all, the 520-mm 1916-Model Howitzer - 265 tonnes by rail - whose shell alone weighed 1,600 kg.
Allied POWs in German Hands 1914 - 1918 (Images of War)
by David Bilton
In this first fully illustrated history of the Kaiser's unwanted guests, the author looks at the lives of the thousands of Allied men who became PoWs during the Great War. After making the decision to surrender, the soldier, sailor or airman was at the mercy of his captors. The book examines what it felt like to surrender, the dangers involved and then the often long journey to a camp in Germany. For some the there was no journey, they were kept at the Front to help the German war effort. Not a...
Frederick Whirlpool's Victoria Cross is displayed near the entrance to the Hall of Valour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. It was the first VC pinned to an Australian uniform, yet almost nothing was known about its enigmatic recipient. Two acts of valour during the Indian Mutiny won him the Victoria Cross, but 17 severe sword wounds ended his career. After migrating to Australia in 1859, he became a volunteer rifleman and school teacher. His VC was presented in Melbourne in 1861\. He a...
Ypres, 1914 (German Official History of the Great War)
This important new addition to the Legends of Aviation series focuses on the Albatros, a German fighter used during World War I, which formed the bulk of German and Austrian fighter squadrons for the last two years of the war. With detailed information on the aircraft, archival photography, scale drawings, and colour profiles, this book is a valuable tribute to a classic and important aircraft for any aviation enthusiast, with useful extras for modellers, such as masking foil and free decals....
Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915 (War, Technology, and History)
by Richard L Dinardo