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Over The Top

Great battles of the First World War

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Over The Top

Great battles of the First World War

By: Martin Marix Evans

The early battles of the First World War were open, mobile affairs whose tactics had long been familiar to professional soldiers. By early 1915, however, a new type of military engagement had emerged - trench warfare. The combination of trench warfare with newly industrialized weaponry abruptly changed the logistics and psychology of warfare. The trenches of the Western Front became static theatres of war where soldiers were forced to slug it out in miserable conditions. The result was an unprecedented loss of life as military leaders continued to send their soldiers 'over the top'. Martin Marix Evans offers a fascinating insight into how soldiers and their commanders attempted to adapt to the unfamiliar and terrifying new landscape.

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1788882873

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Invasion!

Operation Sea Lion, 1940

By: Martin Marix Evans,Angus Mcgeoch

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Invasion!

Operation Sea Lion, 1940

By: Martin Marix Evans,Angus Mcgeoch

This terrifying alternative reality is actually based on historical facts. The book follows the real course of events up to1 September, including the planning in Britain and Germany, and the aerial war. The fictional story then supposes that the Germans halted their advance in France along the Seine and the Aisne after the fall of Paris and that Marshal Petain conceded an armistice at that point. The Panzer divisions are thus able to rest and re-equip in northern France... A brilliant blend of meticulous research and imagination, this book is bound to appeal to anyone with an interest in the causes and effects of historical events, and indeed to anyone interested in world war history itself.

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274

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Routledge

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1317868277

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9781317868279

Somme 1914-18

Lessons in War

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Somme 1914-18

Lessons in War

By: Martin Marix Evans

The Somme is a name with particular resonance for the people of Britain, for here, in 1916, the flower of her youth was cut down. Terrible though that day was, it takes its place in a wider story: the long, painful process of learning how to fight a new kind of war. From the war movement of 1914, when the French fought on the fields of the Somme, the conflict evolved to massive frontal assaults by the British and Allied troops in 1916. Here the first tank was first used in September 1916. Increasing sophistication in the terrifying use of artillery by the Germans broke the Allied lines in March 1918. Allied use of this same technology was then combined with other arms to create the fighting complex that inflicted the 'Black Day' on the German army in August and smashed the Hindenberg Line in September. Thus the British, Australian, Canadian, American and French forces defeated the German Army in the field at last. This book reveals how the Somme was the bloody classroom in which this new art of war was studied and it tells the story of the men who paid the price for this knowledge with their own blood.

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The History Press

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0752480022

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9780752480022

Naseby

English Civil War-June 1645

By: Martin Marix Evans,Peter Burton,Michael Westaway

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Naseby

English Civil War-June 1645

By: Martin Marix Evans,Peter Burton,Michael Westaway

The Battle of Naseby was the decisive engagement of the English Civil War and the battlefield is the first to have been radically reinterpreted in the light of metal detector research. This guide, co-authored by the principal authorities on the battle, links contemporary accounts to their findings in the context of today's landscape. The book also offers the chance to develop alternative personal interpretations while visiting the key viewpoints and walking the few paths currently accessible to the public.

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Pen and Sword

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1473816602

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Forgotten Battlefronts of the First World War

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Forgotten Battlefronts of the First World War

By: Martin Marix Evans

The struggle between Germany and the Allies along the Western Front is for many the most familiar element of World War I. However, many less well-known theatres of conflict, key to the overall progress and conduct of the war, hold as much relevance to both the traveller and the armchair enthusiast. In this work, the author sheds light on the fighting methods of the protagonists in less familiar settings, whether in the Italian Alps or in the cloying heat of the Greek coast. In the first weeks of fighting, stubborn Belgian resistance resulted in a desperate battle to stabilise the front and compelled the German advance to be diverted against the British at Ypres. French determination to win back Alsace-Lorraine plunged the Vosges region into fluid conflict for over a year from August 1914 before both sides realised the impossibility of a decisive success in this area. The three-year struggle between Italy and Austria across the alpine passes was to draw German, British and French forces into the region. Anglo-French assistance to the Serbs through Salonika produced a standoff between the Allies and the Central Powers which was only to be resolved in the last months of the war.

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The History Press

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0752499955

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9780752499956

1918

The Year of Victories

By: Martin Marix Evans

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1918

The Year of Victories

By: Martin Marix Evans

At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack. 1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred solution to fighting this war, the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft, and argues that this reached a level of sophistication in command and control never before achieved. The war of attrition was far from over, but as more Americans arrived in France the ghastly cost became affordable. For the Germans, it became a question of whether they could negotiate an armistice before their armies were utterly destroyed.

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Arcturus Publishing

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1848584253

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1918

The Year of Victories

By: Martin Marix Evans

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The Year of Victories

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1788284275

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9781788284271

Londoners on the Western Front

The 58th (2/1st London) Division on the Great War

By: David Martin

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Londoners on the Western Front

The 58th (2/1st London) Division on the Great War

By: David Martin

In spite of all the books written on the First World War, some remarkable stories still remain untold, and that of the 58th London Division is one of the most neglected. A territorial formation, lacking the glamour of the old army or the Kitchener Volunteers, the 58th never received an official history and apart from the odd mention and a poignant memorial on the Somme battlefield depicting a rider cradling a dying horse, it has faded from memory. Yet the Division saw hard service and won through at Passchendaele where it won fame for capturing the Wurst Farm ridge many of its soldiers were decorated for this action, and the ridge afterwards renamed London Ridge in its honour. This book will tell the fascinating story of the 58th Division's war, and through this cast new light on the wider story of how the BEF struggled through the hard years and developed into such a formidable force. Passchendaele is remembered for mud and waste, but the 58th Division's experience shows the immense scale of the preparations supporting the offensive and show both how these worked and when they fell short. A history of the 58th Division is long overdue. It is also a way of bringing a good deal of new research on the war to the general reader.As featured in the Shropshire Star and Epping Forest Guardian.

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Pen and Sword

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1473834686

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The Somme

Herosim and Horror in the First World War

By: Martin Gilbert

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The Somme

Herosim and Horror in the First World War

By: Martin Gilbert

Gilbert has unearthed fascinating details of the campaign . . . An unforgettable read."—The Philadelphia Inquirer At 7:30 a.m. on July 1, 1916, the first Allied soldiers climbed out of their trenches along the Somme River in France and charged into no-man's-land, toward the barbed wire and machine guns at the German front lines. In the months that followed, the fifteen-mile-long territory erupted into the epicenter of the Great War, marking a pivotal moment in both the war and military history as tanks first appeared on the battlefield and air war emerged as a devastating and decisive factor in battle. All told, there were more than one million casualties, with 310,000 men dead in just 138 days. In this vivid account of one of history's most destructive battles, distinguished historian Martin Gilbert tracks the experiences of foot soldiers, generals, and everyone in between. With new photographs, journal entries, original maps, and military planning documents, The Somme is the most authoritative and affecting account of this bloody turning point in the Great War.

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Macmillan

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0805083014

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9780805083019

Over The Top

Great battles of the First World War

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Great battles of the First World War

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Victory on the Western Front

The Decisive Battles of World War One

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Victory on the Western Front

The Decisive Battles of World War One

By: Martin Marix Evans

Presenting the Allied and German experience of war - both military and on a personal level - Victory on the Western Front is an immensely readable, visually striking account of the pivotal final stages of World War I, when two very different concepts went head-to-head on the battlefield. The Germans gambled on winning on the Western Front through the sophisticated use of artillery and new infantry tactics, whereas the Allies calculated that victory lay in the application of a balanced combination of infantry, artillery, AFVs and aircraft. The efforts of both sides were dogged by error, misunderstanding, uncertainty and mistrust. This fully illustrated book is the story of the search for victory - on both sides of the lines - and of the valour and steadfastness of the fighting men tasked with delivering it.

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178212912X

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Somme 1914-18

Lessons in War

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Lessons in War

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0752480022

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Agincourt 1415

With visitor information

By: Matthew Bennett,David Nicolle,Martin Marix Evans

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Agincourt 1415

With visitor information

By: Matthew Bennett,David Nicolle,Martin Marix Evans

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the most important campaigns of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). Agincourt is one of the most evocative names in English military history. Henry V's forces were tired, hungry, and faced a French army three to six times more numerous. However, they possessed several advantages, and English success resulted from the combination of heavily armoured men-at-arms with troops armed with the infamous longbow - the havoc this weapon wreaked was crucial. Using original fifteenth century evidence, including the surviving French battle plan and the accounts of men present in both armies, this title discusses the lead-up to the battle, the tactical dispositions of the two forces and the reasons for the ultimate English success.

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Osprey Publishing

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1841761885

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Passchendaele

The Hollow Victory

By: Martin Matrix Evans

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Passchendaele

The Hollow Victory

By: Martin Matrix Evans

Passchendaele is one of the most evocative names associated with the Great War. For over 80 years, the battle has epitomized pointless slaughter on an unimaginable scale. The bare statistics are shocking in themselves - the British, French and German armies suffered over half a million casualties between July and November 1917. Ever since, the image of hapless soldiers struggling through the mud and the shellfire has come to represent the futility of trench warfare and the incompetence of their commanders. Yet, as Martin Marix Evans demonstrates in this gripping and perceptive reassessment, some common assumptions about the course of the battle - and the ways in which it was fought - are mistaken and should be looked at again.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783409622

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Passchendaele

The Hollow Victory

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Passchendaele

The Hollow Victory

By: Martin Marix Evans

Passchendaele is one of the most evocative names associated with the Great War. For over 80 years, the battle has been regarded as the epitome of pointless slaughter on an unimaginable scale. The statistics -- half a million British, French and German casualties between July and November 1917 -- appear to speak for themselves. Ever since, the image of hapless soldiers struggling through the mud and the shellfire has been promoted as a demonstration of the futility of war on the Western Front and of the incompetence of the commanders. Yet, as Martin Marix Evans demonstrates in this ... reassessment, these common assumptions about the course of the battle and the ways in which it was fought are mistaken and should be looked at again ... [Evans examines] the planning of the British offensive ... and the thinking behind it, visits the terrain over which the battle was fought and describes the weather that affected it so profoundly"--Jacket.

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Pen & Sword

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1844153681

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

By: Martin Marix Evans

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

By: Martin Marix Evans

The favorite old song in new dress. Wonderful contemporary graphic illustrations.

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Peter Pauper Press

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088088780X

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9780880887809

Invasion!

Operation Sealion, 1940

By: Martin Marix Evans

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Invasion!

Operation Sealion, 1940

By: Martin Marix Evans

It's the summer of 1940 and the Nazis have crossed the English Channel to invade Britain. They advance North from the South coast and great swathes of Southern England come under German control. Fiction, of course, but an invasion of Britain was planned by Hitler to take place in the summer of 1940 - how far would the Germans have been able to advance? Would they have been successful? The Battle of Britain was launched in July 1940, first against fighter airfields, and later, from 1 September against London. On 16 July Hitler issued Fuhrer Directive No. 16 for preparations for a landing operation against England. Operation Sealion (as the landing in England was called) was then postponed on 17 September and cancelled on 12 October. This book explores the alternative - that Sealion began as planned on 21 September. Invasion: Operation Sealion follows the historical course of events up to 1 September, including the planning in Britain and Germany, and the aerial war. The British strategy for defending England is that actually adopted by General Alan Brooke when appointed to Southern Command on 26 June. In the second part of the book, Martin Marx Evans provides a fictional account of the invasion. The fictional account is based on detailed study of German geological and geographical analysis of the English terrain and the maps and handbook sthat were published to convey this data to their commanders in the field. It is also founded on the Defence of Britain Project - a massive survey of 20th century installations such as pill-boxes, gun emplacements, air-raid shelters and anti-tank ditches, whilst the behaviour of German troops is firmly based on actual events in Europe earlier in 1940.

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Pearson Education

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058277294X

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9780582772946

Naseby

English Civil War-June 1645

By: Martin Marix Evans,Peter Burton,Michael Westaway

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English Civil War-June 1645

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