Germany in the Great War - The Opening Year: Mobilisation, the Advance and Naval Warfare
by Joshua Bilton
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- 9781473827424
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UK: Pen and Sword Military, 2017. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2017 Pen and Sword Military softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Germany in the Great War - The Opening Year: Mobilisation, the Advance and Naval Warfare is the first volume of a projected six-part series that details, graphically, the Central Powers - Germany and Austro-Hungary - fighting to the west during the concluding months of 1914.
This superbly illustrated and highly researched book covers the schema of a 'quick victory' on the WestFront (Western Front). From preparatory build-up, to mobilization and to subsequent annexation and occupation, (90 per cent of northern France and the Kingdom of Belgium), this title manifest the 'German' perspective - a pictorial digest. Evincing German offense against the BEF (British Expeditionary Force), French and Belgium armies at the Battle of Mons, heralding the mass exodus of British troops from the region, the siege of Antwerp and the breakthrough toward Paris.
Each successive chapter includes a short, introductory narrative, documenting holistically events and is accompanied by a wealth of fully captioned and rarely before seen photographs: over 500 images.
This superbly illustrated and highly researched book covers the schema of a 'quick victory' on the WestFront (Western Front). From preparatory build-up, to mobilization and to subsequent annexation and occupation, (90 per cent of northern France and the Kingdom of Belgium), this title manifest the 'German' perspective - a pictorial digest. Evincing German offense against the BEF (British Expeditionary Force), French and Belgium armies at the Battle of Mons, heralding the mass exodus of British troops from the region, the siege of Antwerp and the breakthrough toward Paris.
Each successive chapter includes a short, introductory narrative, documenting holistically events and is accompanied by a wealth of fully captioned and rarely before seen photographs: over 500 images.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- Title
- Germany in the Great War - The Opening Year: Mobilisation, the Advance and Naval Warfare
- Author
- Joshua Bilton
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1473827426
- ISBN 13
- 9781473827424
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword Military
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- The Great War, WWI, World War I, Germany, 1914, Naval Warfare, Central Powers, German army, Austrian army, Attrition, Teutons, Austro-Hungarian, Military strategy,
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