‘James Charles Roy’s history of the First World War offers a vivid and wide-ranging narrative, encompassing both events and individuals in a kaleidoscopic approach to a well-known story.’ C. Brad Faught, author of, among other titles, Kitchener: Hero and Anti-Hero.
Encouraged by the success of an attack on Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917, Field Marshal Haig ordered that his generals should continue their preparations for the Third Battle of Ypres. Delayed due to...
The 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War
by John Sheehan
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399075350
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
352 Pages
General Haig accused the Yorkshire Territorials of being ˜too sleep" to fight well on the Somme, but the 1/5th Battalion proved him wrong. Mainly drawn from Harrogate, York, Ripon and the surrounding...
Kut: The Death of an Army is the fascinating, yet largely forgotten, story of the British-Indian Army that was besieged in Mesopotamia from 1915 to 1916. It is an expert account of the tragic five-month...
The Role of Patriotism in Mobilisation in the First World War
by Richard Batten
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399060028
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-03-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
256 Pages
This is an original interpretation of domestic patriotism and limitations of wartime mobilization in rural and urban communities of the British Home Front at a local level from 1914-1918. It is a critical...
This book is dedicated to the study of the Russian cavalry, and cavalry attacks, on the Eastern Front during the First World War 1914-16. The tactical application of Russian cavalry as well as specific...
The Story Behind Your First World War Family Treasures
by Martin Mace
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781473895485
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-01-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
248 Pages
The First World War touched every community and almost every home in the UK. In its wake, it left behind memories and mementos of loved ones. For every casualty there was a scar, for every death there...
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