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  • af James Hawes
    137,95 kr.

    “Et must-read”- The Economist I sin anmelderroste bestseller fortæller James Hawes historien om Europas mest beundrede og frygtede land, hele vejen fra Julius Cæsar til Angela Merkel. Med mere end 100 kort og billeder giver bogen et friskt, kortfattet og underholdende forsøg på at svare på spørgsmålene: Hvad er Tyskland? Ser landet mod vest eller øst? Er det overhovedet ét land? “Et fremragende og elegant skrevet overblik over Tysklands historie fra jernalderen til Angela Merkel. Autoritativ og tilgængelig”- The New European “En seriøs, velresearchet og radikal gentænkning af de store linjer i Tysklands politiske liv”- Nicholas Boyle, professor i tysk, Cambridge University “Levende og vidtfavnende. Jeg kender ingen bedre gennemgang af historien om dette fantastiske land”- Philip Pullman

  • af Martha Hall Kelly
    102,95 kr.

    I Blomstrende syrener lod læserne sig rive med af virkelighedens Caroline Ferriday. I Martha Hall Kellys kommende bog møder vi Carolines lige så virkelige mor Eliza i tiden lige inden første verdenskrig. Året er 1914, og verden har stået på tærsklen til krig så mange gange, at det ikke fylder det store for Eliza Ferriday. Hun er spændt på en nært forestående rejse fra New York til Sankt Petersborg i selskab med Sofya Streshnayva, som er kusine af Romanov-familien. De to lærte for flere år siden hinanden at kende i Paris og blev hurtigt hinandens fortrolige. Nu stævner Eliza ud på sit livs rejse til Sofyas hjemland for selv at opleve al Ruslands pragt. Men da Østrig erklærer Serbien krig, og det russiske zarimperium begynder at falde, undslipper Eliza med nød og næppe tilbage til Amerika, mens Sofya og hendes familie må skjule sig på deres landsted, hvor de ansætter Varinka, en lokal ung pige, som hushjælp. Samtidig gør Eliza alt hvad hun kan for at hjælpe den russiske familie i sikkerhed på vej væk fra revolutionen. Men da hun pludselig ikke længere hører fra Sofya, frygter hun det værste for sin bedste veninde. Hvor er den russiske familie? Har Varinka noget med det at gøre? Og hvad er Eliza i stand til at udrette, når Atlanterhavet skiller hende og Sofya? Fra Sankt Petersborgs travle gader til de parisiske avenuer følger vi Eliza, Sofya og Varinka, hvis veje krydses i et af verdenshistoriens mest afgørende øjeblikke.

  • af Isabel Allende
    222,95 kr.

    Fra en af verdens største forfattere kommer fortællingen om Violeta del Valle, en kvinde hvis liv bærer vidne til de største begivenheder i det tyvende århundrede.Violeta kommer til verden på en blæsende dag i 1920 som den første datter i en familie med fem højlydte sønner. Fra begyndelsen tegnes hendes liv af store begivenheder, da den spanske syge rammer hendes hjemlands kyster i Sydamerika, mens familien stadig mærker efterdønningerne af første verdenskrig. Men selvom familien slipper igennem denne krise uden mén, venter der store forandringer, da Den Store Depression rammer og berøver Violetas slægt alt, hvad de ejer. De tvinges til at flytte langt ud på landet til en smuk, men øde egn. Her vokser hun op, og en dag kommer hendes første bejler til familiens hjem. Violeta fortæller sin historie gennem et brev til en, som hun elsker højere end nogen anden. Heri beskriver hun både knuste hjerter og passionerede kærlighedsaffærer, fattigdom og velstand, forfærdelige tab og stor lykke. Kampen for kvinders rettigheder, tyranners storhed og fald, livstruende sygdom, kærlighed og krig – alt sammen er det en del af fortællingen, der udgør Violetas liv. Med Violeta er Isabel Allende tilbage i episk, storslået form.

  • af Benjamín Labatut
    212,95 kr.

    Når vi ikke længere forstår verden er en roman om banebrydende videnskabelige opdagelsers skønhed og destruktivitet, om hvordan enkelte mennesker beskriver det uforståelige uden selv helt at forstå, og store intellekters bevægelser i gråzonen mellem skabelse og død.Albert Einstein modtager et brev fra Østfronten. På bagsiden af kuverten finder han det endelige bevis for den generelle relativitetsteori – men også et varsel om dens apokalyptiske konsekvenser. Fritz Haber opfinder sennepsgassen og dræber dermed en hel generation i skyttegravene under første verdenskrig, men et halvt år eft er modtager han Nobelprisen for sine kvælstofopdagelser, der har kapacitet til at afslutte hungersnød verden over.Van Goghs genialitet, Hermann Görings sidste timer, silkesommerfuglen, gift - gassen Zyklon B der dræbte millioner af internerede under anden verdenskrig, og helt almindelig gødning. Alle væves de sammen i Benjamín Labatuts roman om nogle af det tyvende århundredes største opdagelser, og hvordan de er forbundet.Når vi ikke længere forstår verden er en enestående bog om videnskabens kvantespring og disses konsekvenser. Romanen bygger på historiske fakta og virkelige personer og undersøger genialitet og besættelse balanceret på en knivsæg mellem det muliges og umuliges kunst.

  • af Pip Williams
    138,95 - 218,94 kr.

    Historisk roman om kærlighed, tab og sprogets magt. Med kvindebevægelsen som bagtæppe udforsker romanen de skjulte liv, der udspiller sig mellem linjerne i en historie skrevet af mænd.Esme bliver født ind i en verden af ord. Som det moderløse barn hun er, tilbringer hun størstedelen af sin barndom i Skriptoriet: det haveskur i Oxford, hvor hendes far og et dedikeret hold af leksikografer indsamler ord til den allerførste udgave af Oxford English Dictionary. Men Esme opdager, at det ikke er alle ord, der finder vej ind i det toneangivende storværk, og hun begynder at indsamle dem, der er blevet glemt eller afvist af de lærde mænd – typisk dem, der knytter sig til kvinders oplevelser. Hun skjuler ordene i en gammel kasse, og langsomt begynder en helt ny ordbog at tage form: De glemte ords bog. Og den tegner et ganske andet billede af virkeligheden end den, hun er vokset op med.De glemte ords bog er inspireret af virkelige hændelser, og Pip Williams er dykket dybt ned i Oxford English Dictionarys arkiver for at fortælle denne tankevækkende historie om sprogets evne til at forme den verden, vi lever i.

  • af Jeffrey Archer
    183,95 - 218,94 kr.

    I 1999 fandt man blot 700 meter fra toppen af Mount Everest det dybfrosne lig af den legendariske engelske bjergbestiger George Mallory, der forsvandt i 1924. Tre gange forsøgte han at bestige verdens højeste bjerg, tredje gang blev ulykkens gang. Både han og hans klatremakker Andrew Irvine omkom på bjerget. Liget af Irvine er aldrig blevet fundet, heller ikke Mallorys kamera. Måske indeholder det billeder fra toppen og dermed beviset for, at Mallory blev den første på verdens tag næsten 30 år før Sir Edmund Hillary. ÆRENS VEJE er den dramatiske historie om George Mallory, født i 1886 og uddannet på Cambridge University. Han kæmpede på Vestfronten under Første Verdenskrig, og var hele sit liv en fænomenal bjergbestiger. På spørgsmålet om, hvorfor han ville bestige Mount Everest, svarede han: ”Fordi det ligger der.””Hvis der var en nobelpris i fortællekunst, ville Archer få den.” Daily Telegraph

  • af Katherine Arden
    145,95 kr.

    The sweeping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden.'A wonderful clash of fire and ice ... A book you won't want to let go of.' Diana Gabaldon'A spectacular tour de force ... I love this book so much and want everyone to read it!' Naomi Novik'Well-researched and beautifully written, this is a compelling, memorable novel.' The Guardian'Darkly beautiful and deeply humane ... The Warm Hands of Ghosts will stir your heart, and settle into your bones.' Ava Reid'Visionary, imaginative and brilliantly written.' Anthony Horowitz'This exquisite novel took me over like a haunting ... One of the best historical fantasies I've ever read' Emma Törzs'A historical fantasy that will touch the hearts of many readers' Fantasy Hive______________World War One, and as shells fall in Flanders, a Canadian nurse searches for her brother believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise in this gripping and powerful historical novel from the bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.January 1918. Laura Iven has been discharged from her duties as a nurse and sent back to Halifax, Canada, leaving behind a brother still fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now home, she receives word of Freddie's death in action along with his uniform -but something doesn't quite make sense. Determined to find out more, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital. Soon after arriving, she hears whispers about ghosts moving among those still living and a strange inn-keeper whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could this have happened to Freddie - but if so, where is he?November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped under an overturned pillbox with an enemy soldier, a German, each of them badly wounded. Against all odds, the two men form a bond and succeed in clawing their way out. But once in No Man's Land, where can either of them turn where they won't be shot as enemy soldiers or deserters? As the killing continues, they meet a man - a fiddler - who seems to have the power to make the hellscape that surrounds them disappear. But at what price?A novel of breath-taking scope and drama, of compulsive readability, of stunning historical research lightly worn, and of brilliantly drawn characters who will make you laugh and break your heart in a single line, The Warm Hands of Ghosts is a book that will speak to readers directly about the trauma of war and the power of those involved to love, endure and transcend it.______________More love for The Warm Hands of Ghosts . . .'Immersive and timeless, and an ode to the enduring power of memory.' Vaishnavi Patel'A page-turner of the highest order ... A haunting, fantastic read!' Helene Wecker'I absolutely devoured it!' Santa Montefiore'Wonderful storytelling. Inventive, haunting and deeply moving.' Sarah Winman'An exquisite, brilliant gem of a story.' Conn Iggulden'Simply stunning.' Kate Quinn'Absolutely incredible; I had chills all through reading it.' Shannon Chakraborty'A sweeping, fantastical tour-de-force of a novel.' I Newspaper'Arden's prose is full of emotion... an unforgettable, inspiring read.' Historical Novel Society'Arden's gripping historical fantasy will draw readers in and keep them engaged.' Library Journal, starred review'Lyrically beautiful prose, a brave heroine and a story shot through with the darkness of war' Daily Mail'Eerie and fanciful, yet gruesomely down-to-earth.' The Spectator'Mixing historical fiction with the paranormal, this haunting, atmospheric tale of separated siblings is a real gem of a book.' Heat Magazine'A gripping tale of loss, mystery, ghosts and queer romance.' BBC Culture Online

  • af Gill Paul
    207,95 kr.

    Fortiden smelter sammen med nutiden i Gill Pauls uforglemmelige fortælling. Den forsvundne datter er både en hjertegribende love story og et medrivende mysterium.Rusland, 1918. Smukke, livlige Maria Romanov, den faldne zars 19-årige datter, lever i fangenskab med sin familie langt væk fra sin tidligere royale tilværelse. Hendes eneste fornøjelse er lidt flygtig og forsigtig flirten med to af vagterne. Hun har ingen anelse om at hendes uskyldige tilnærmelser kan betyde forskellen på liv og død.Australien, 1973. På sit dødsleje gentager Val Doyles far den samme vending: "jeg ønskede ikke at slå hende ihjel!" Val bliver både urolig og nysgerrig over farens betroelser. Hvad taler han om? Da hun kortlægger sin egen mors forsvinden mange år tidligere, bliver hun trukket ind i et af verdenshistoriens største mysterier. Hvad skete der egentlig med Maria Romanov?Den forsvundne datter er en selvstændig opfølger til Gill Pauls Zarens datter.

  • af Joanna Quinn
    95,95 - 145,95 kr.

  • - En ufuldstændig historie
    af Lars Ørlund
    101,95 - 123,95 kr.

    Af og til sker det, at noget – en person eller en begivenhed – får mig til at tvivle på denne verdens videnskabelige forklarlighed. En sådan begivenhed fandt sted, da jeg en morgen for nogle år siden sad på Bagatelle, min rundt- om-hjørnet-café i Nice, for at indtage den traditionelle cappuccino og dagens første varme croissant. Det startede med, at en britisk soldat satte sig ved mit bord og spurgte: Tror du på genfødsler?Denne bog er beretningen om den historie, en helt fremmed mand ved navn Andrew Thompson over nogle måneder fortalte mig, mens jeg drak min morgenkaffe.
Hvem fanden var Andrew Thompson? Lars Ørlund (1948) har gennem mere end tredive år arbejdet og boet i Asien, Afrika og Sydamerika. Han
har deltaget i tre krige og som journalist produceret artikler, samt mere end 250 radio- og tv-programmer fra verdens brændpunkter. Han har desuden skrevet ere end 20 bøger bl.a. afrikaromanen Himlens klare stjerne og ikke mindst trilogien Kapring over Kairo, Blackjack og Den Serbiske Forbindelse.Han har ernæret sig som gamewarden og storvildtjæger på de afrikanske savanner og gennem længere perioder boet blandt nogle af klodens sidste naturfolk.
Privat er han ivrig dykker, jæger og sker og opholder sig i både Danmark, Storbritannien og Sydafrika.

  • af Dilly Court
    97,95 kr.

    Internationally bestselling author Dilly Court writing as Lily Baxter returns with another emotional, heart-pounding saga set in World War II England.In 1939, thirteen-year-old Poppy is forced to evacuate her London home and flee to a grand country house on the coast of England. Alone and frightened, she arrives with only a set of clothes, a gas mask, and memories of the family she left behind, whom she may never see again. But the cruel inhabitants of the house make life a misery for her, and she longs for the love she once took for granted.The years pass, the endless war rages on, and Poppy grows into a lovely young woman determined to do her part. Training as a nurse, she meets a dashing pilot who captures her heart and, for the first time in years, reminds her of life before the war.While England battles over land, sea, and sky, Poppy must fight every day to gain the family she's always wanted, to find the love she's been missing, and to discover who she truly is.

  • af T E Lawrence
    212,95 kr.

  • af Peter Hodgkinson
    245,95 kr.

    This book considers a relatively unknown series of actions of the victorious Hundred Days of 1918: the operations at the River Selle.

  • af Charles Yale Harrison
    252,95 kr.

    A historical portrait of one woman's quest for happiness amid a lifetime of bad men. There Are Victories is a proto-feminist, anti-Bildungsroman that explores the intersections of misogyny, class, religion, and prejudice within upper class Anglo-Montreal and New York City society before, during, and after WWI. Originally published in 1933, There Are Victories takes up the catastrophe of the home front and the ways in which the life--and happiness--of the novel's protagonist, Ruth Courtney, is continually undermined by the bad behaviour of men. This new edition features a foreword by Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud.

  • af Jeremy Paul Amick
    267,95 kr.

    The state of Missouri played a unique role in World War I-as the birthplace of Gen. John J. Pershing, the commanding officer of the American Expeditionary Forces, and Maj. Gen. Enoch Crowder, the primary author of the military draft-and it is an impressive legacy featuring a colorful cast of characters, events, and communities. Missouri was home to two flying aces of the war as well as Bennett Champ Clark, the youngest colonel in the American Expeditionary Forces and the first national commander of the American Legion. During the war, the state was home to farms and ranches that provided an army of mules that assisted Allied forces in hauling critical materials and equipment in the harshest of conditions. Additionally, 156,000 of the state's citizens served in the military with approximately 10,000 wounded or killed in action.

  • af Hesketh Vernon Prichard
    113,95 kr.

    Major Hesketh Vernon Prichard, later Hesketh-Prichard DSO MC FRGS FZS was an India-born British explorer, adventurer, writer, big-game hunter, marksman, and cricketer who contributed to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War. Concerned not only with improving the quality of marksmanship, the measures he introduced to counter the threat of German snipers were credited by a contemporary with saving the lives of over 3,500 Allied soldiers.Hesketh-Prichard eventually gained official support for his campaign, and in August 1915, he was given permission to proceed with formalized sniper training. By November of that year, his reputation was such that he was in high demand from many units. In December, he was ordered, on General Allenby's request, to the Third Army School of Instruction and was made a general staff officer with the rank of captain. On January 1, 1916, he was mentioned in dispatches.His friend George Gray, himself a champion shooter, told him that he had reduced sniping casualties from five a week per battalion to forty-four in three months in sixty battalions; by his reckoning, this meant that Hesketh-Prichard had saved over 3,500 lives. He was promoted to major in November 1916. By this time in the war, his contributions to sniping had been such that the former German superiority in the practice had now been reversed.

  • af Gill Paul
    182,95 kr.

    What happened to Anastasia's sister Maria?1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family?and she never realizes her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death.1973: When Val Doyle hears her father's end-of-life confession, ?I didn't want to kill her,? she's stunned. So she begins a search for the truth?about his words and her past. The clues she discovers are baffling?a jewel-encrusted box that won't open and a camera with its film intact. What she finds out pulls Val into one of the world's greatest mysteries: What truly happened to Grand Duchess Maria?

  • - August 1914 To January 1915 (1916)
    af Mina MacDonald
    197,95 - 238,95 kr.

    Some Experiences In Hungary: August 1914 To January 1915 is a book authored by Mina MacDonald and published in 1916. The book is a personal account of the author's experiences during her stay in Hungary from August 1914 to January 1915, which was the period of the First World War. The author narrates her observations and experiences of the war and its impact on the Hungarian people. She describes the daily life of the people, their struggles, and the changes that the war brought to their lives. The book also includes the author's reflections on the political situation in Hungary at that time. The author provides an intimate and compelling account of her experiences in Hungary during a tumultuous time in history. The book is a valuable historical document that offers insights into the impact of war on ordinary people's lives.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

  • af United States District Court (New York
    349,95 - 522,95 kr.

  • af Danielle Steel
    97,95 kr.

    To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful--a secret realm only they inhabited.Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the first world war escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever.It began when Victoria's life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Henderson's life and family. Hand-picked by the twins' father to save his daughter's reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife's death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that, for the sake of his son, he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could manage, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefields of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but could not have.From Manhattan society to the trenches of war-ravaged France, Mirror Image moves elegantly and dramatically through a rich and troubled era. With startling insight, Danielle Steel explores women's choices: between home and adventure, between the love for family and the passion for a cause, between sacrifice and desire. But at the heart of Mirror Image is a fascinating, realistic portrait of identical twins, two vastly different sisters who lead their lives and follow their destinies against a vivid backdrop of a world at war.

  • af Stephen Knight
    194,95 - 419,95 kr.

  • af Erich Maria Remarque
    175,95 kr.

    This masterpiece of war literature that will change your perspective on life and humanity.** Follow the journey of Paul, a young German soldier who enlists in World War I with his friends, full of enthusiasm and patriotism. But soon, he faces the horrors of the trenches, where death, disease, and despair lurk at every corner. He witnesses the brutality and futility of war, and he vows to resist the hatred that makes him kill his fellow human beings, who are just like him, except for their uniforms. This book is a powerful and moving portrait of the suffering, the courage, and the longing for peace of a generation that was sacrificed for a senseless conflict. It is widely regarded as the best war novel of all time, and it has been adapted into an Oscar-winning movie that you can watch on Netflix.

  • af Michael Digby
    195,95 kr.

    The true story of German secret agents engaged in a campaign of subversion and terror in the United States before and during World War I.

  • af Wayne Abrahamson
    224,95 kr.

    “...a high-paced thriller.” — Stephen O. Sears, Author of Sunniland and The Orinoco UraniumTo earn his passage home, Dooley finds work on an ex-Russian submarine. He leaves Shanghai under the leadership of Major Dimitri Utkin on a mission that he knows little about. Also on board are others who seek escape—from the dissatisfied captain of a U.S. Navy destroyer, whose chief petty officer is on the hunt for a chest of pirated British gold sovereigns, to a young and destitute Russian countess, Zeta Tolstoy. Dooley’s expectations are complicated when he realizes that Utkin’s cadre consists of men traumatized by the war and the Bolshevik Revolution—men who plan to impose their will on America. Before he knows it, Dooley’s one-week commitment turns into a life-or-death struggle in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

  • af Margaret Macmillan
    232,95 kr.

    National BestsellerNew York Times Editors' Choice Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Winner of the Duff Cooper PrizeSilver Medalist for the Arthur Ross Book Award of the Council on Foreign RelationsFinalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book AwardFor six months in 1919, after the end of "the war to end all wars,” the Big Three—President Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceau—met in Paris to shape a lasting peace. In this landmark work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view of those fateful days, which saw new political entities—Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among them—born out of the ruins of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn.

  • - The American Navy In Europe (1920)
    af John Langdon Leighton
    232,95 - 264,95 kr.

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

  • af Barbara W Tuchman
    102,95 - 217,95 kr.

    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeThe Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War eraIn this landmark, Pulitzer Prize-winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war's key players, Tuchman's magnum opus is a classic for the ages. Praise for The Guns of August "A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I was 'a drama never surpassed.'"-Newsweek "More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrative-beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained."-Chicago Tribune "A fine demonstration that with sufficient art rather specialized history can be raised to the level of literature."-The New York Times "[The Guns of August] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent."-The Wall Street Journal

  • af Juan Tellez
    161,95 kr.

    World War I, or the Great War, was believed to be "the war to end all wars." Because of the incredible extent of destruction and the staggering number of wounded and dead, even those who lived through it could scarcely comprehend its horror. Beginning in 1914, alliances between powerful nations soon plunged the world into a global conflict. Fighting-including miserable trench warfare-broke out in practically every corner of Europe and spread around the world to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. You'll learn:What roles did nationalism, colonialism, and the European alliance structure play in the start of the war?Who thought that trench warfare was a good idea?Why did the Germans wear those spiked helmets?How did chemical warfare get introduced and what role did it play?How did the rise of communism seriously affect the course of the war?The most of these operations were hidden from the public since that was the only way they could be successfully carried out, but in the years since, stories about various missions have emerged. They paint a picture of incredible courage and ingenuity, whether in war zones, enemy territory, or far from the front lines.

  • af Derek Clayton
    294,95 kr.

    The Battle of the Sambre, 4 November 1918, was a decisive British victory. The battle has, however, been largely neglected by historians: it was the last large-scale, set-piece battle fought by the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front: the Armistice was only one week away. Seven Victoria Crosses were won and the poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action. In scale it was similar to the first day of the Battle of the Somme: thirteen divisions of the BEF led the assault on a frontage of approximately twenty miles, supported by over 1,000 guns, with initial plans presuming an involvement of up to 70 tanks and armoured cars. The German Army was determined to hold a defensive line incorporating the Mormal Forest and the Sambre-Oise Canal, hoping to buy time for a strategic withdrawal to as yet incomplete defensive positions between Antwerp and the Meuse and thereby negotiate a compromise peace in the spring of 1919. This is the only book devoted solely to this battle and includes original, bespoke, color maps covering every inch of the battlefield. This volume analyses the battle at the operational and tactical levels: the BEF was no longer striving for a breakthrough - sequential 'bite and hold' was now the accepted method of advance. Drawing on information largely from unpublished archives, including over 300 formation/unit war diaries, Dr Clayton casts a critical eye over the day's events, examining the difference between plan and reality; the tactical proficiency of units engaged; the competence of commanders, some of whom proved capable of pragmatic flexibility in the face of stubborn enemy resistance and were able to adapt or even abandon original plans in order to ensure ultimate success. The role of the Royal Engineers is also highlighted, their tasks including devising improvised bridging equipment to facilitate the crossing of the waterway. Other questions are raised and answered: to what extent was this an 'all-arms' battle? Where does this engagement fit in the context of the BEF's 'learning curve'? Was it necessary to fight the battle at all? Was it indeed decisive?Dr Clayton's analysis places the battle into its wider strategic context and reaches important, new conclusions: that this victory, hard-won as it was by a British army hampered by logistical, geographical and meteorological constraints and worn down by the almost continuous hard fighting of the summer and autumn, irrevocably and finally crushed the will of the German defenders, leading to a pursuit of a demoralized, broken and beaten army, whose means of continued resistance had been destroyed thus expediting the armistice.

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