MartinWills Posted 6 August , 2008 Share Posted 6 August , 2008 The Sppok and the Commandant by Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qumok Posted 6 August , 2008 Share Posted 6 August , 2008 A 1919 print of "1914" by John French, 1st Earl of Ypres - and it smells that old too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 7 August , 2008 Share Posted 7 August , 2008 All I can say is I did learn quite a bit so read it yourself and make up your own mind. Regards, Tommy. Hi, Where books are concerned this is without exception the best advice you can give. I am about to re-read 'The Anatomy of a Raid - Australia at Celtic Wood' by Tony Spagnoly. It must be a dozen years since I read it last but from what I can remember of it, it was a fascinating read. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMacdonald Posted 7 August , 2008 Share Posted 7 August , 2008 Forgotten Victory, by Gary Sheffield Also, Somme Success, by Peter Hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 10 August , 2008 Share Posted 10 August , 2008 I've just started The war the infantry knew 1914-1919 by Captain J. C. Dunn Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smsmith26 Posted 30 September , 2008 Share Posted 30 September , 2008 Just finished Georges Vanier: Soilder (The War Time Letters and Diaries 1915-1919) By Deborah Cowley it was great. I also just bought Canada at War A Record of Heroism and Achievement 1914-1918 (first printing) By J. Castell Hopkins, It also contains The Story of Five Cities By The Rev. Robert John Renison, D.D. Chaplin, 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 2 October , 2008 Share Posted 2 October , 2008 The Cavalry Journal Field Marshal Heinrich Rudolf Alexander von Kluck, The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne 1914, With … and notes by the Historical Section (Military Branch) of the Committee of Imperial Defence, (Edward Arnold, London, 1920) Major Ralph Legge Pomeroy The Story of a Regiment of Horse: being the regimental history of the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales (Blackwood & Sons, London, 1924) Lt Gen Max Von Poseck, The German Cavalry 1914 in Belgium and France, (Mittler, Berlin, 1923). Frederic Whyte and A. Hilliard Atteridge (eds), H. W. Hall, A History of the Queen’s Bays 1685-1929, (Jonathan Cape, London, 1930) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Halfway through "Brothers in War" re Beechey sacrifce. Fascinating account and also gives some history about wheat belts in Australia 1912 ish.. Letters home interspersed with the author's description of events unfolding during WW1 Worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 13 October , 2008 Share Posted 13 October , 2008 Having detoured into a few byways with the story of the Piltdown Fraud and an excellent account of the Russo-Finnish Winter War, along with the odd bit of fiction, I am now back on the straight and narrow with "Haig, a reappraisal 70 years on", a collection of essays by critical but generally pro-Haig historians, edited by Brian Bond and Nigel Cave. Interesting and informative cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper6197 Posted 15 October , 2008 Share Posted 15 October , 2008 My most recent read was Laurie Magnus' "The West Riding Territorials in the Great War." (first published in 1920, but my copy is from Naval and Military Press.) Not a very long book but it took ages to get through. Still enjoyable, though. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 16 October , 2008 Share Posted 16 October , 2008 Lyn MacDonald 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equusv Posted 17 October , 2008 Share Posted 17 October , 2008 Just got the two volumes about WWI by Canadian historian, Tim Cook; At The Sharp End, Volume I and Shock Troops, II. I'll let you know how I find them once I slog through. They're HUGE. Bonfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchbarge Posted 20 October , 2008 Share Posted 20 October , 2008 I'm wrapping up a read of 'Farewell the Trumpets' last in the trilogy by James Morris. Probably all standard stuff to a well read Englishman but a revelation to this Yank. It puts the British participation in WW1 nicely into the context of previous and subsequent history. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 20 October , 2008 Share Posted 20 October , 2008 I am reading "The Detonators" by Chad Millman. The author's background is sports journalism, and its shows a bit in the style. The book's subtitle is "The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice", which I think over-eggs the case a bit. In fact it's about the work of German agents in 1915-16 who sabotaged American munitions plants to stop war supplies reaching the allies, with specific reference to the blowing up of the Black Tom depot which killed five people and badly damaged a slice of Manhattan, as well as the lengthy and eventually successful post-war efforts to pin it on Germany. I'd have liked more details about the actual incident at Black Tom and the various factories, but it's still quite illuminating. At least one howler: Millman says the Germans carried out experiments on board "the battleship Friedrich der Grosse, which had been interned in New York Harbor". He obviously means the Norddeutscher Loyd liner of the same name. cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnt63 Posted 20 October , 2008 Share Posted 20 October , 2008 Jack Sheldons the German Army at Passchendaele Ospreys Campaign Series "Amiens" Battles in the East (can't recall the author - but I am not at home so don't have the book in front of me) Cheers, Shawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 20 October , 2008 Share Posted 20 October , 2008 Alastair Horne's "Fall of Paris", his follow up to Verdun and "The price of glory". Still one of my favourite historians and authors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 20 October , 2008 Share Posted 20 October , 2008 Alastair Horne's "Fall of Paris", his follow up to Verdun and "The price of glory". Yes, but a 'prequel' really, dealing with the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian war and the siege of Paris. I agree, a book in the best Horne tradtion. cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 20 October , 2008 Share Posted 20 October , 2008 O'Moore Creagh The Victoria Cross and The Register of the VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjtowers Posted 22 October , 2008 Share Posted 22 October , 2008 The Last Kaiser - William the Impetuous. by Giles MacDonogh Phoenix Press paperback 2001 I loved this. General Jack's Diary - edited by John Terraine Cassell paperback 2003 Trench diary of a regular infantry officer who went from Captain to Brigadier The Great War -Perspectives on the First World War. Edited by Robert Cowley Picked this up in Canada. Very readable collection of essays from the Quarterly Journal of Military History. I have never seen this journal. Just started Haig's Diaries, and am impressed by his eloquence on paper. New hardback, found it for £5 in Borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAAEd Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 I have just launched into the six volume set 'The History of World War 1' comprising the following titles, each with a Forward by Gary Sheffield: The Western Front 1914-1916 The Western Front 1917-1918 Naval Warfare 1914-1918 Gallipoli & The Middle East 1914-1918 The Eastern Front 1914-1920 Balkans, Italy & Africa 1914-1918 As the title suggests 'The Eastern Front 1914-1920' includes coverage of the Bolshevik Revolution and the campaigns in support of White Russian forces including the CMB raids on Kronstadt lead by Captain Augustus Agar VC which were more fully described in Agar's own account 'Baltic Episode'. I have not yet found any mention of the naval war on the African lakes in either Naval Warfare or Balkans, Italy & Africa. This is an unfortunate omission in an otherwise, at first sight, comprehensive overview of the events of WW1, one that contains many not commonly reproduced photographs, this is in itself quite refreshing and makes the series worthwhile in spite of some criticisms outlined below. Unfortunately there is repetition of information, and some illustrations, between volumes and I have also noticed a few errors of fact and a number of interpretations of events now outdated by other recent studies. I think the indication that a British 9.2 inch gun threw a 29lb projectile is a simple typo, for the true figure should be ten times that at 290lb. There are many typos in the editions I have. Having assisted a modern military historian with his recent research for a new forthcoming book, in the wake of his best-selling previous, I was sent by him an excellent surprise book: 'Mimi and Tou Tou Go Forth: the Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika' by Giles Foden which fills in some of the gaps left by the series mentioned above. If you are interested in this aspect of the war then I can heartily recommend this book. Even if you do not think you are interested you will find it a most entertaining read – trust me. PS. This is my first post for some time due to a combination of personal and family health issues and computer troubles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salfordian Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 What are you reading (WWI related) and would you recommend it? Battlefield Guide to Verdun by William Buckingham (good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potti Posted 25 October , 2008 Share Posted 25 October , 2008 Halfway through Somme Harvest by Giles E. M. Eyre. A Brilliant read up to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 26 October , 2008 Share Posted 26 October , 2008 John Mosier Myth of the Great War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFayers Posted 26 October , 2008 Share Posted 26 October , 2008 Just started on "The wet Flanders plain" by Henry Williamson. cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 26 October , 2008 Share Posted 26 October , 2008 Steve - I really enjoyed his hugely atmospheric "The Wet Flanders Plain" Rather more than his GW based fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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