The Great War generals on the Western Front 1914-18 / Robin Neillands
1998, First Edition. London : Robinson. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine of wrapper sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #473256
ISBN: 1854879006
Physical description; ix, 549 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The background to the war, 1871-1914 -- The western armies, 1914 -- Enter the generals, August 1914 -- Advances and retreats : Mons and Le Cateau, 23-26 August 1914 -- The Marne to First Ypres, September-October 1914 -- First Ypres, October-November 1914 -- Second Ypres, April 1915 -- Haig's year, 1915 : Neuve Chappelle to Festubert -- Loos, June-December 1915 -- The road to the Somme, December 1915 [to] 1 July 1916 -- The first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916 -- The advent of tanks, July-September 1916 -- Flers and the Ancre, 15 September [to] 19 November 1916 -- The generals and the frocks, November 1916 [to] April 1917 -- Arras, April-May 1917 -- Vimy and Bullecourt, April 1917 -- Messines, June 1917 -- Passchendaele : the Third Ypres, July-November 1917 -- Cambrai, November 1917 -- Haig and Lloyd George, April 1917 [to] March 1918 -- The Kaiser's battle, March-May 1918 -- The turn of the tide and the hundred days, June-November 1918 -- A verdict on the generals. Subjects; Great Britain Army. 1914-1918. Generals Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. Generals. Military campaigns.
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