Fire and movement : the British Expeditionary Force and the campaign of 1914 /

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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 to stop the last grea...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hart, Peter, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Army > History > World War, 1914-1918.
Great Britain. > Army. > British Expeditionary Force.
Germany. > Heer > History > World War, 1914-1918.
France. > Armée > History > World War, 1914-1918.
France. > Armée.
Germany. > Heer.
Great Britain. > Army.
1914 - 1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France.
World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, British.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > France.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Military campaigns.
France.
Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
History.
Personal narratives > British.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Fire and Movement; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Plates; 1 Small Beginnings; 2 Ready for War?; 3 Lights Out, 4 August 1914; 4 Road to Mons; 5 Battle of Mons; 6 Battle of Le Cateau; 7 Great Retreat; 8 Battle of the Marne; 9 Battle of the Aisne; 10 Race to the Sea; 11 Battle of Ypres: Contact; 12 Battle of Ypres: Bedlam; 13 Life in the Trenches; 14 Stagnation; 15 Christmas Truce; 16 Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.

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