Bücher der Reihe Military Classics

Complete and Unabridged for the first time in EnglishAmong France's generals of the First World War, Marshal Joseph Joffre stands as one of the most accomplished and controversial. Starting his tenure as Generalissimo by modernizing the French Army, he presided over the dramatic victory at the Battle of the Marne that saved France...and the unrelenting slaughter in the trenches that followed.In this first volume, Joffre takes command of the French Army and races to prepare it for the war to come. Then, as the German Army crosses the border and advances towards Paris, he rallies his forces and allies for one of the most dramatic moments in modern military history.

A Front-Row Seat to the Strategy of the Western FrontFrom the beginning of the First World War, John Charteris was Sir Douglas Haig's Intelligence officer. His duties ranged from predicting German intentions to dealing with visiting VIPs to meeting with journalists - making him a vital part of Haig's strategic planning on the Western Front.In this new edition of the 1931 classic memoir, Charteris provides one of the most personal accounts of British command on the Western Front. Witty, funny, insightful, heartbreaking, and chilling, this is a close look at a war in which success was measured less by the capture of ground than by the taking of enemy lives.

The German Army's Art of WarContrary to popular belief, the Western Front of the First World War was far from static. As both sides struggled to get the upper hand, they developed new tactics and technologies, pushing warfare to ever more terrifying and lethal heights.Written by an internationally renowned expert on tactics and one of its generals, this is a definitive exploration of the Imperial German Army's art of war, from the trenches of France to the expanse of Eastern Europe to the Italian Alps.

The Biography and Diary of One of the British Empire's Most Accomplished - and Controversial - GeneralsSir Henry Wilson (1864-1922) was a key figure in the preparation of the British Empire for the First World War. A Protestant Irishman who was as comfortable dealing with politicians as he was soldiers, he was a key figure in the creation of the British Expeditionary Force and its preparations to fight alongside the French in a European conflict. He was also mistrusted by his peers as being more politician than soldier, and the first Field-Marshal - and the last political leader - to be assassinated in Great Britain.Covering mid-1917 to his death in 1922, this second volume looks at Wilson's appointment as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the end of the Great War, the Irish War for Independence, the Treaty of Versailles and the choas that followed it.

A Bird's Eye View of a Military DisasterIn October 1914, the Ottoman Empire allied with Germany and Austria in the Great War, cutting off the supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles. In response, Great Britain and France undertook a daring operation: the largest amphibious landing ever attempted to force open the Dardanelles, threaten Constantinople, and force the Ottomans to surrender. Commanding the campaign was Sir Ian Hamilton, who had witnessed the dawn of modern trench warfare in Manchuria only ten years earlier. The battle would be played out in the Gallipoli Peninsula, and become known as Gallipoli.This is Sir Ian Hamilton's personal diary of the Dardanelles campaign, and the disaster that followed - a catastrophe that caused over half a million casualties across both sides, ended his military career, and helped forge the identities of Australia and New Zealand.