This was a really interesting book. I have never heard of this battle before. So I did learn a lot about it. The writing style was also good.
NetGalley, Linde Boon
This was a really interesting book. I have never heard of this battle before. So I did learn a lot about it. The writing style was also good.
NetGalley, Linde Boon
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This fascinating book could not be more timely...parallels between the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu and present Covid-19 epidemic are uncanny from the fear of the unknown sinister killer to societal reactions to quarantine. The last sentence before the epilogue is chilling as this book was written before the current pandemic. In March of 1918 a man with a cold became person zero as the first known/recorded carrier of what rapidly grew to pandemic proportions. The author of this book takes us into real lives of those who witnessed it or contracted it around the globe. She then writes about its effects on politics, health and societies. Some regions suffered unimaginable losses of up to 20+% of the population. Seeing the horror through their eyes is gut wrenching. Symptoms were often sudden with quick deaths just hours later as dead bodies were found on buses, trains and park benches. Yet others suffered longer. Those hardest affected were in the ages 10-40 category... Read more
NetGalley, Brenda Carleton
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This fascinating book could not be more timely...parallels between the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu and present Covid-19 epidemic are uncanny from the fear of the unknown sinister killer to societal reactions to quarantine. The last sentence before the epilogue is chilling as this book was written before the current pandemic. In March of 1918 a man with a cold became person zero as the first known/recorded carrier of what rapidly grew to pandemic proportions. The author of this book takes us into real lives of those who witnessed it or contracted it around the globe. She then writes about its effects on politics, health and societies. Some regions suffered unimaginable losses of up to 20+% of the population. Seeing the horror through their eyes is gut wrenching. Symptoms were often sudden with quick deaths just hours later as dead bodies were found on buses, trains and park benches. Yet others suffered longer. Those hardest affected were in the ages 10-40 category... Read more
NetGalley, Brenda Carleton
In detail the Guide goes on to build up the story of the attack of the 39th Division on 13th November, and then the subsequent fighting on the 14th November; all as part of the Battle of the Ancre. As ever, a tremendous piece of personal anecdotal history is developed via the integration of the story of the three Victoria Crosses obtained within this location
Within the book, are continual visual and hard hitting maps and photographs, that further bring to life the outstanding narrative contained within. What I particularly like about this volume is the integration of examples of archaeological finds, thus reminding the reader of the continual link, and indeed obligation, of being a 'battlefield tourist', 'historian', and archaeologist at the same time. Here, there is no distinction.
Jon Sandison
In detail the Guide goes on to build up the story of the attack of the 39th Division on 13th November, and then the subsequent fighting on the 14th November; all as part of the Battle of the Ancre. As ever, a tremendous piece of personal anecdotal history is developed via the integration of the story of the three Victoria Crosses obtained within this location
Within the book, are continual visual and hard hitting maps and photographs, that further bring to life the outstanding narrative contained within. What I particularly like about this volume is the integration of examples of archaeological finds, thus reminding the reader of the continual link, and indeed obligation, of being a 'battlefield tourist', 'historian', and archaeologist at the same time. Here, there is no distinction.
Jon Sandison
A good book which is well written, in formative and very evocative of life in the trenches towards the end of the Battle of the Somme.
Read the full review [link=https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/reviews/twelve-days-on-the-somme.1451/]here[/link]
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
A good book which is well written, in formative and very evocative of life in the trenches towards the end of the Battle of the Somme.
Read the full review [link=https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/reviews/twelve-days-on-the-somme.1451/]here[/link]
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
This is a personal reflection from an Australian soldier which shows beautiful description of the horrors of the trenches.
It is written in an engaging style which immediately pulls you into his life and what he witnessed in graphic detail but not to the point where it becomes difficult to read.
This is a book that must be read by anyone wanting to know what the trenches were like by a normal soldier.
See the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/ROM6CK2AA4N80?ref=pf_vv_at_pdctrvw_srp]here[/link]
Richard Domoney-Saunders
This is a personal reflection from an Australian soldier which shows beautiful description of the horrors of the trenches.
It is written in an engaging style which immediately pulls you into his life and what he witnessed in graphic detail but not to the point where it becomes difficult to read.
This is a book that must be read by anyone wanting to know what the trenches were like by a normal soldier.
See the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/ROM6CK2AA4N80?ref=pf_vv_at_pdctrvw_srp]here[/link]
Richard Domoney-Saunders
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Fort Vaux
The bitter fight for Fort Vaux is one of the most famous episodes in the Battle of Verdun - it has achieved almost legendary status in French military history. The heroic resistance put up by the fort's commander, Major Raynal, and his small, isolated garrison in the face of repeated German assaults was remarkable at the time, and it is still seen… Read more...
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British Battleships of World War One
This superb reference book achieved the status of 'classic' soon after its first publication in 1986; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books on the secondhand market. It presents, in one superb volume, the complete technical history of British capital ship design and construction during the dreadnought… Read more...
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Star Shell Reflections 1914-1916
As the centenary of the Great War approaches, this book offers a unique perspective told in the words and illustrations of someone who was there , on the front line. Although an American citizen, Jim Maultsaid's parents were Irish and he lived in Donegal. He joined the Young Citizen Volunteers, a group drawn from the ranks of clerical and professional… Read more...
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Nottingham in the Great War
The years 1914-1918 cost many lives in the trenches of France and Belgium. Those trenches and the battles that were fought from them are well documented. But back home in towns and cities up and down the United Kingdom death and desperation were also apparent. Those left behind to carry on suffered from harsh winters, lack of food and fuel and flu… Read more...
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Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War
Looks at the Cardiff Pals and other local regiments who fought in the Great War and how the experience of war impacted on the area, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Cardiff were committed to as the war stretched out… Read more...
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Chelmsford in the Great War
By the end of the Great War in 1918, 1,791 Chelmsford men were serving in the army or navy. Three hundred and ninety two of them did not return. Chelmsford in the Great War is the touching story of the people these men left behind: the munitions workers, special constables, VADs, shopkeepers, magistrates, councillors, conscientious objectors, teachers… Read more...
Republished to coincide with the new ITV film, My Boy Jack? starring Daniel Radcliffe, this is the full account of the tragic life of John 'Jack' Kipling. On 27th September 1915 John Kipling, the only son of Britain's best loved poet, disappeared during the Battle of Loos. The body lay undiscovered for 77 years. Then, in a most unusual move, the Commonwealth… Read more...
Neil Weir died in 1967, but it was not until 2009 that his grandson, Mike Burns, discovered his diary and letters among some packing trunks he had been left, and learnt that his grandfather had served as an officer in the 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders for much of the First World War. A captain and company commander at the tender… Read more...
This ground breaking series of military DVDs is launched here with the release of Somme, 1st July 1916 - Northern Sector. The DVD covers the events of 1st July in the areas from Gommecourt, Serre, Beaumont Hamel, Thiepval to Ovillers. It contains a visual tour of each of the key areas in the northern sector, together with maps, archive film and contemporary… Read more...
Never before have so many resources been available to the family historian tracing Great War ancestors, both online and locally but the past dearth of easily accessible material has now been replaced by a blizzard of information that needs its own skills to navigate. This highly detailed DVD is split into three parts that deal with the various methods… Read more...
Drawing on the memories of the last surviving prisoners of the 1914-1918 war, this book tells the dramatic story of life as a POW in Germany. Stories include the shock of capture on the Western Front, to the grind of daily life in imprisonment in Germany. Veterans recall work in salt mines, punishments, and escape attempts, as well as the torture of… Read more...
This ground breaking series of DVDs continues here with the release of Somme, 1st July 1916 - Southern Sector. The DVD covers the events of 1st July in the areas from la Boisselle, Fricourt, Mametz, Carnoy to Montauban. It contains a visual tour of each of the key areas in the southern sector, together with maps, archive film and contemporary stills.… Read more...
