Guest mat Posted 1 April , 2004 Share Posted 1 April , 2004 Does anyone know of any good, in-depth histories which focus on the BEF in Italy from 1917 on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 1 April , 2004 Share Posted 1 April , 2004 'The British Army in Italy 1917-1918' by John and Ellen Wilks [iSBN 0 85052 608 6] is probably what you're looking for. For a soldier's view, try 'Across the Piave' by Norman Gladden [sBN 11 290070 4]. Norman McMillan's 'Offensive Patrol' [iSBN 0 09 116180 0] covers the work of the RFC, RNAS and RAF. I hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 1 April , 2004 Share Posted 1 April , 2004 There is a volume of the Official History on this campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mat Posted 1 April , 2004 Share Posted 1 April , 2004 Many thanks to you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 2 April , 2004 Share Posted 2 April , 2004 I wouldn't regard the following as an indepth history at all but it is an interesting read: Italy: Asiago. F MacKay. Battleground Europe Series (ISBN 0 85052 759 7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mat Posted 2 April , 2004 Share Posted 2 April , 2004 Thanks Robert, I'll see if I can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mat Posted 3 April , 2004 Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Chris- The "official history" which you mention -- is that of the BEF or of the Allied effort in WW1? Could you give an ISBN on it? I'm working from Canada, and have tried to search both through various indexes of interlibrary databases over here and have come up dry. Could you help by specifying the title to this novice, please? Also, thank you again for the ref. numbers from PROCAT -- I actually tried several searches using what you provided and still came up dry, due no doubt, to my lack of cyber-skill -- and am trying to decode the secrets of access to the PROCAT catalogue. Any advice will be gratefully appreciated. Yours, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 3 April , 2004 Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Matt The full title on Amazon is: Military Operations in Italy, 1915-1919 (History of the Great War Based on Official Documents) ISBN: 0901627747 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0...9857746-9574844 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 3 April , 2004 Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Matt It's slightly off your main theme, but you may also like to see Wayne Ralph's 'Barker VC' [iSBN 1 898697 59 0] - an excellent account of the Canadian who was the outstanding RFC/RAF fighter pilot in the skies over Italy. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenwoodman Posted 3 April , 2004 Share Posted 3 April , 2004 For the Offy History try Battery Press' site:-Military Ops Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mat Posted 3 April , 2004 Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Thanks to everyone -- I'll check those sources out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Hollington Posted 5 April , 2004 Share Posted 5 April , 2004 I believe the Naval and Military press also provide copies of the Official Histories. www.naval-military-press.com Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertb Posted 5 April , 2004 Share Posted 5 April , 2004 Mat, How about "Caporetto 1917", by Cyril Falls. The copy I have is published by Weideneld & Nicolson, 1966. No ISBN unfortunately. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted 5 April , 2004 Share Posted 5 April , 2004 You could try the 7th Division's offical history, they were sent to Italy in late 1917 and stayed there till the end of the war. From, Thomas McCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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