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The Great War generals on the Western Front 1914-1918

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Magpie Books, 2004 - Generals - 549 pages

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It is a widely held belief that the generals of WW1 were blundering incompetents, indifferent to the suffering of their men or the casualties that resulted from the attacks they ordered their men into ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
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THE BACKGROUND TO THE WAR 18711914
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THE TURN OF THE TIDE AND THE HUNDRED DAYS JuneNovember 1918 483
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advance Aisne Allenby Allied ammunition Arras artillery assault attack Aubers Ridge August Australian barrage Bassee battalions battle battlefield began Belgian bombardment Bourlon Brigade British Army British line Bullecourt Byng Cambrai Canadian Corps Canadian Division Canal casualties Cateau cavalry Cavalry Corps Cavalry Division counter-attack creeping barrage east enemy Field Marshal French Fifth Army fighting Foch force forward Fourth Army France French Army front line front-line German Army German defences German line Gheluvelt Gough ground Haig Haig's heavy guns Hindenburg Line III Corps infantry IV Corps Joffre Kitchener Lanrezac Lieutenant-General Lloyd George losses Major-General Messines miles military move Neuve Chapelle Nivelle offensive officers ordered Passchendaele Plan XVII Plumer push Rawlinson Regiment reserves rifle Salient Schlieffen Plan Second Army sent shells Smith-Dorrien soldiers Somme staff strongpoints tactics tanks Third Army took troops village Vimy Ridge Western Front wire Wood wounded yards Ypres

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TitleThe Great War generals on the Western Front 1914-1918
AuthorRobin Neillands
PublisherMagpie Books, 2004
ISBN1841198633, 9781841198637
Length549 pages
SubjectsGenerals
World War, 1914-1918
  
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