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World
War I - General Section
'The
Great War', the war to end wars - or so it was thought! A period
of rapid technical advancement, with the development of tanks, massive
guns & poison gas. The airplane came into its own & Millions
died on the battlefields of Europe to secure final Allied victory - a
hollow victory which ultimately led to the emergence of the Nazi
evil in Germany
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| HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR: CAMPAIGN IN GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1914-1915 by Brig. General JJ Collyer Originally published as part of the South African official history set for World War I. This volume is a detailed account of the only campaign that was planned, executed and successfully carried out solely by a Dominion force in the Great War, that of the Union of South Africa. It is a very detailed operational account of the operations to capture the German held colony of German South-West Africa with chapters on the military situation in 1914, battles at Sandfontein and Swakopmund, engagements at Riet, Pforte and Jakalswater, Gibeon Station and Otavifontein. Numerous situation maps and many orders of battle complete the account. Reprint of 1937 original1997, Battery Press, , 089839273X,< D-01>,180pp, photos, maps, New in brown boards, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 32041-02..............................£30.00 |
| DOUGHBOY DOGGEREL: VERSE OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 1918-1919 by (Editor) Alfred E Cornbise The typical 'doughboy' was not a poet soldier like Sassoon or Owen, they were full of regional pride, eager for action, fun loving and courageous, homesick lonely and exhausted. The doughboy's war was a day to day exercise of marches, trenches, mud, 'cooties and terrifying machines of destruction. Many of the poems were published in the Stars and Stripes Forces newspaper with subjects as diverse as their Tank, Mother, Subway, Hospital wards and cooties in humour, sadness and anger together in verse.1985, University Ohio Press, , 0821407988,< D-01>,136pp, vg in edge rubbed dw. prev owner stamp on fep, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 32167-01..............................£12.00 |
| MEN MUD AND MEMORIALS by Sue Cox Poems written by the author after many visits to the Great War battlefields, in particular the Somme.1992, Coquelicots Press, , 0951666517,< D-01>,45pp, vg in card covers, , CARDSubject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 32347-01..............................£5.00 |
| WORLD WAR I IN PHOTOGRAPHS by Robin Cross Every theatre of the Great War is covered from the trenches of the Western Front to the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Accompanying text and captions place the photos in their political and military context.1997, Paragon Books, , 0752514172,< D-01>,96pp, 139 photos, large format, vg in dw, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 28801-01..............................£8.00 |
| 1918: WAR AND PEACE by Gregor Dallas The transition from war to peace across Europe, the collapse of Germany and it's allies, and the armistice. There is revolution in Russia, uprising in Bavaria, and the call for a League of Nations. The United States enters European politics with a new role to play.2000, John Murray, First, ,< D-01>,616pp in d/w. 60 b&w photos & illustrations, 4 maps, As New, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 30460-01..............................£18.00 |
| WORLD WAR 1: BENN'S TWENTIETH-CENTURY HISTORIES by David Scott Daniell A fully illustrated narrative history of the First World War describing the most important events and their impact.1971, Ernest Benn Ltd., , 0510182011,< D-01>,128pp ills. maps., Prev. owner signature. Pages edges browning. Good in dw, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 21297-01..............................£6.00 |
| WITH THE ALLIES by R H Davis The author was an American Correspondent who witnessed the fighting in Belgium and the German occupation in World War I. He was arrested by German soldiers as a spy, saw the burning of Louvain, the Battle of Soissons etc. Published by Charles Scribner and Sons, New York 1915. This copy has an inscription: "To Sir Cecil Spring-Rice with the sincere regards of the author, Richard Harding Davis, March 1915"1915, Scribners, NY, , ,< D-01>,xiv + 241pp, ills, covers worn, ow good, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 21741-01..............................£20.00 |
| MILITARY HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I: SUMMATION: STRATEGIC AND COMBAT LEADERSHIP by Colonel T N Dupuy Includes evaluations of Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson. Also the German and Austrian leadership, the French commanders, British leadership in the field, Russian military leaders, and German military commanders. Includes a Chronology of the war, Merchant Shipping Losses, Naval Combat Losses, German U-Boat Production and Losses and the cost of the war1967, Franklin Watts, , ,< D-01>,x + 94pp, chronology., vg in g dw, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 25764-01..............................£12.00 |
| THE FIRST WORLD WAR by Gordon L Field An interesting basic history of The Great War written for students by a teacher of history teacher. This concise book is intended to guide those unfamiliar with details of the conflict through the its keypoints. There are chapters on The Path to Disaster, The first blows, the campaigns from 1915 to 1918, and the Treaty of Versailles.1966, Wheaton, , ,< D-01>,112pp, 53 illustrations & photos, text & map, Fair in chipped d/w, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 19444-01..............................£8.00 |
| THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918: A BRIEF SKETCH by C.R.L Fletcher The author started writing six weeks after the Armistice. Official information was difficult to get and in many people's opinion the war was not yet over and still in the hands of the politicians.1920, John Murray, , ,< D-01>,199pp maps, prev.owner notes on 3 pages. Reading copy. no dw, 0, Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 7046-01..............................£8.00 |
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