The Ibis Posted 25 April , 2017 Share Posted 25 April , 2017 About to start "August 1914: France, the Great War, and a Month That Changed the World Forever" by Bruno Cabanes. From the Amazon description: Quote Bruno Cabanes renders an intimate, narrative-driven study of the first weeks of World War I in France. Told from the perspective of ordinary women and men caught in the flood of mobilization, this revealing book deepens our understanding of the traumatic impact of war on soldiers and civilians alike. https://www.amazon.com/August-1914-France-Changed-Forever/dp/0300208278 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 26 April , 2017 Share Posted 26 April , 2017 Just finished 'Through the German lines' by Captain N.P Clarke , which is the account of how he led a detached party of Royal Dublin fusiliers and men from other regiments through the enemy lines to safety after the fighting around Le Cateau in August 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 1 May , 2017 Share Posted 1 May , 2017 (edited) A visit to a local recently opened second hand book emporium, produced a good clean copy of 'The Kaiser's Battle' by Martin Middlebrook, which have wanted to read ever since reading his 'First day on the Somme'. Also a signed copy of 'The Most Secret Place on Earth' (Elveden and the early tanks). Mike. Edited 1 May , 2017 by MikeyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgranger Posted 1 May , 2017 Share Posted 1 May , 2017 'Sepoys In The Trenches' by Gordon Corrigan. A good read, and just what you'd expect from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brusilov Posted 22 May , 2017 Share Posted 22 May , 2017 (edited) The Loss of our Galicia, vol.2: The catastrophe of the 3rd army (Потеря Галиции в 1915 часть II катастрофа 3-й армии), by Bonch-Bruevich. Bruevich is the only Russian author who dealt with the traumatic defeat in 1915 in details up to this date. The book gathers large materials from Russian archive and thus proves to be a valuable contribution to the understanding to the most fantastic breakthrough in the Great War. The reading is slow since I need to read it in conjunction with the Sbornik Dokumentov for Galician Campaign. BTW, the book Gorlice 1915 by general Francois is exceedingly hard to find in hardcopy. It's obviously a very rare book. Edited 22 May , 2017 by Brusilov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Wood Posted 22 May , 2017 Share Posted 22 May , 2017 Just read Lord Carver's book on the campaigns v Turkey - which I found useful to reduce my ignorance of Palestine & Mespotamia, less so for Gallipoli where I have read several more in depth studies and walked the battlefields. Then I read JohnTerraine's To Win A War, his account of the western front in 1918 - which is an impressive work indeed; not so much for the account of what went on where on the battlefield, but the behind the scenes political machinations, expecially those leading up to the Armistice are as good as I've read in a condensed format. Moving on the the 1st Day of the Somme next - Gommecourt to be precise and Alan Donald's twin tomes on the 46th & 56th Divisions - small print, lots of pages - it may take some time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 23 May , 2017 Share Posted 23 May , 2017 On 8/10/2007 at 21:34, Gyrene said: I'm currently reading Showalter's book on Tannenberg; it's definitely not for an amateur. Well, I haven't read that - or even see it, to be honest... But I have just bought and started reading his Instrument of War: the German Army 1914-1918. Some slightly annoying modernisms in the text, but is certainly proving to be interesting for an amateur like myself (as was that tome put together by some Hastings' chappie on events in 1914... (now to take cover, and as I am currently in Munich airport of all places so hopefully there will be noch ein bunker fuer mich!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joerookery Posted 23 May , 2017 Share Posted 23 May , 2017 I certainly enjoyed his book. In emails with Dennis we have compared some ideas. I would highly recommend his book as it is very easy-to-read. I find him and Jack Sheldon both have a gift for telling a story that I certainly do not have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul bardell Posted 23 May , 2017 Share Posted 23 May , 2017 on the pile to read - Good Bye To The Battlefields by H A Taylor - a 1928 1st edition. followed by Pill Boxes on the Western Front by Peter Oldham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other ranker Posted 23 May , 2017 Share Posted 23 May , 2017 I have started gathering a collection of Books about Kut. Just bought Besieged in Kut and After, The Long Road To Baghdad and A Kut Prisoner. Which others should I look out for, bearing in mind I collect only books printed between 1914 and 1939? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 23 May , 2017 Share Posted 23 May , 2017 I have finally got around to reading "McCrae's Battalion" by Jack Alexander which I bought several months ago,and am wondering why I took so long to start it. A tremendous read: the scrupulously researched descriptions of the raising of the 16th Royal Scots and its links to Hearts and other football teams around Edinburgh and the battalion's subsequent actions on July 1, 1916 and after are full of detail linked to experiences of individuals from Sir George McCrae downwards are enthralling. One of the best Great War books I have read for a long time. Cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 23 May , 2017 Share Posted 23 May , 2017 I am have been reading details on the Battle of Bullecourt recently, including: A Greater Sum of Sorrow, by David Coombes And, The Battles of Bullecourt 1917 also by David Coombes Both I have found to be excellent reads. The second is more of an 'executive summary' of the first, but for those interested includes details of weaponry, size and organisation of units, and detail on trenches with diargrams on construction. They are both fluid and readable. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 24 May , 2017 Share Posted 24 May , 2017 (edited) Hello! I just started "Der Kampfwagenkrieg" (Tank warfare) fron the austrian General of the Artillery Ludwig Ritter v. Eimannsberger. He analysed the main battles in 1918 and shows a "future" of tank warfare (the book came out in 1933, I´ve got the 2nd edition of 1938). His tactical and strategical ideas of tank warfare were used by the german army in WW2.. Index: (236 pages) I. Einleitung (introduction) II. Tankschlachten des großen Krieges (tank battles of the great war) III. Bilanz 1918 (balance 1918) IV. Überprüfung der Bilanz (examination of the balance) V. Entwicklung der Panzerwaffe nach dem Kriege (development of the tanks after the war) VI. Abwehr (defence) VII. Angriff (attack) VIII. Zusammenfassung (summary) Edited 24 May , 2017 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 24 May , 2017 Share Posted 24 May , 2017 11 hours ago, other ranker said: I have started gathering a collection of Books about Kut. Just bought Besieged in Kut and After, The Long Road To Baghdad and A Kut Prisoner. Which others should I look out for, bearing in mind I collect only books printed between 1914 and 1939? A few that come to mind from your period :- On the Road to Kut by 'Black Tab' Other Ranks of Kut by P.W.Long Remembering Kut by Dorina Neave The Sufferings of the Kut Garrison during their march into Turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 24 May , 2017 Share Posted 24 May , 2017 3 hours ago, The Prussian said: I just started "Der Kampfwagenkrieg" (Tank warfare) from the Austrian General of the Artillery Ludwig Ritter v. Eimannsberger. Interesting, Andy, and I hope you will come back when you've finished the book and tell us, in particular, how it compares with Heinz Guderian's 'Achtung - Panzer!' (1937). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 25 May , 2017 Share Posted 25 May , 2017 19 hours ago, SiegeGunner said: Interesting, Andy, and I hope you will come back when you've finished the book and tell us, in particular, how it compares with Heinz Guderian's 'Achtung - Panzer!' (1937). Hello Mick! I would like to do that, but I only have the reprint of Guderian´s book. Unfortunately it´s only in english language available. So I stil haven´t read it. I´ll try to get the original german exposure, but that´ll be impossible... Well, I can write in english, I can read english in the forums, I can talk in english, but reading a whole book seems to be too difficulty for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 25 May , 2017 Share Posted 25 May , 2017 Just lined up my summer reading (and spent my amazon credit) Beckett, Bowman and Connelly, 2017, The British Army and the First World War. Hart 2013 "The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War" (which somehow escaped my notice until now) Lloyd 2017 "Passchendaele The Lost Victory of WWI" and finally - if I get to it - the monumental looking Faulkner, 2017 "Pershing's Crusaders The American Soldier in WWI" some may call it unfocused but I prefer eclectic! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 25 May , 2017 Share Posted 25 May , 2017 3 hours ago, The Prussian said: Hello Mick! I would like to do that, but I only have the reprint of Guderian´s book. Unfortunately it´s only in english language available. So I stil haven´t read it. I´ll try to get the original german exposure, but that´ll be impossible... The Internet Archive (Archive.org) has two files, which however appear to come from the same source, so really one file. https://archive.org/details/GuderianHeinzAchtungPanzer1937 https://archive.org/details/heinz-guderian-achtung-panzer-1937 Due to the way it displays with four pages, if you want to read it online, rather than downloading it, first click on the lower 'Search inside' icon, then select the single page option (bottom right hand side of the book reader), which will then show two pages, not four. Or go to this link https://archive.org/stream/GuderianHeinzAchtungPanzer1937/GuderianHeinz-Achtung-panzer1937#page/n1/mode/1up Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 25 May , 2017 Share Posted 25 May , 2017 Hello Maureen! Thank you very much!!!!!!! I didn´t know, that it was available on pdf! Now I can read it, when I´m finished with Eimannsberger! If I can´t get the original book "as a real book", I will print the pdf and let it bind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 25 May , 2017 Share Posted 25 May , 2017 5 hours ago, The Prussian said: Hello Mick! I would like to do that, but I only have the reprint of Guderian´s book. Unfortunately it´s only in english language available. So I stil haven´t read it. I´ll try to get the original german exposure, but that´ll be impossible... Well, I can write in english, I can read english in the forums, I can talk in english, but reading a whole book seems to be too difficulty for me... The paperback edition in English is only about 200 pages (of tiny print), so I'm sure you will be able to manage it ... especially while you still have the content of Eimannsberger's book fresh in your memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 25 May , 2017 Share Posted 25 May , 2017 (edited) Yes, I´ ve got the paperback edition. I just downloaded the original version, will copy it on my mobile, so I can read it in bed (my favourite place to read something...), but this weekend I won´t be able to read, because I´ve got a long weekend, we´ll get about 32°C and I live near a lake, where I can get a couple of delicious brown bottles... Cheers, mates! Edited 25 May , 2017 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 25 May , 2017 Share Posted 25 May , 2017 No contest ... go for the brown bottles and have a great weekend! I don't mean to distract you from Eimannsberger, but Guderian evidently covers much the same ground. I shall be interested to hear whether Eimannsberger was personally involved in anti-tank warfare during the Great War. Guderian evidently did not even get inside a tank until about 1929 ... but he must have been a fast learner. Cheers Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 26 May , 2017 Share Posted 26 May , 2017 Hello Mick! I took a look into both books about the anti-tank warfare. As far as I read, both are talking about the post-war era. There are only two chapters about WW1 in Eimannsberger and Guderian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlluminatiRex Posted 5 June , 2017 Share Posted 5 June , 2017 Three different books: Diary of Section VIII, American Ambulance Field Service (original copy) Ambulance No.10 by Leslie Bushwell The Somme by Peter Hart. After this batch I'm going to start either Chemical Soldiers: British Gas Warfare in World War One by Donald Ritcher or From Imperial Splendor to Internment: The German Navy in the First World War by Nicolas Wolz. I'm also looking to pick up a copy of Castles of Steel by Robert K. Massie, as Dreadnought was fantastic. I'm also on the lookout for anything similar to Tommy by Richard Holmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian J Posted 5 June , 2017 Share Posted 5 June , 2017 Just finished Vimy: The Battle and the Legend by Tim Cook. It gives a very detailed account of the battle, then provides insight into the importance of Vimy to Canadians. It examines the phrase "birth of a nation" and also gives context for how the monument and the battle have been remembered over the last century. I couldn't give it higher praise so be sure to give it a go! Next up will be (as soon as it is released) The Road to Passchendaele: The Heroic Year in Soldiers' own Words and Photographs By Richard Van Emden. Who isn't looking forward to reading this one over the centennial?! All the best for now, - Jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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