"Beachhead Don brings together the best work by one of the greatest of all American war correspondents, Donald Ford Whitehead. Whitehead was the Associated Press's man in Europe - covering men in battle from the deserts of North Africa and hilltops of Italy to the beaches of Nor…
Today, the Great War stands at the edge of living memory. Nearly every month some dramatic discovery is made in the killing fields of the Western Front: poignant remains of British soldiers, " underground cities" or & field hospitals carved out of the chalk country of the Somme.…
"This book was inspired by the author's discovery of an extraordinary cache of letters from a soldier who was killed on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier was his grandfather, and the letters had been tucked away, unread and unmentioned for many decades. I…
"The dramatic opening weeks of the Great War passed into legend long before the conflict ended. The British Expeditionary Force fought a mesmerizing campaign, outnumbered and outflanked but courageous and skillful, holding the line against impossible odds, sacrificing themselves…
"The 'Hundred Days' campaign of 1918 remains a neglected aspect of the First World War. Why was the German army defeated on the Western Front? Did its morale collapse or was it beaten by the improved military effectiveness of a British army which had climbed a painful 'learning …
An innovative study revealing how both sides adapted to the changing realities of the final months on the Western Front.
"ANZACS on the Western Front : the Australian War Memorial battlefield guide" is the definitive guide to the Western Front battlefields. Meticulously researched and written by the Head of Research at the Australian War Memorial, Dr Peter Pedersen, this landmark publication guide…
"When Great Britain and its dominions declared war on Germany in August 1914, they were faced with the formidable challenge of transforming masses of untrained citizen-soldiers at home and abroad into competent, coordinated fighting divisions. The Empire on the Western Front foc…
"This book describes the wartime experiences of American idealists on the Western Front. Excerpts from memoirs are supplemented by descriptions of personalities, places, battles and even equipment and weapons, thus placing these generally forgotten American adventurers into the …
