The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... battlefield became too costly . Much of this pre - 1914 background to the conflict serves as a historical constant throughout the war , and from time to time the reader will be reminded of some background factor that affects the ...
... battlefield became too costly . Much of this pre - 1914 background to the conflict serves as a historical constant throughout the war , and from time to time the reader will be reminded of some background factor that affects the ...
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... battlefield . Radio was not in general use on the ground until 1917 , and then only as far forward as brigade . Before that the various corps and army HQs used the existing civilian telephone network , which was not particularly ...
... battlefield . Radio was not in general use on the ground until 1917 , and then only as far forward as brigade . Before that the various corps and army HQs used the existing civilian telephone network , which was not particularly ...
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... Battlefield visibility was rapidly reduced by smoke and shellfire and the infantry could not usually keep up with the movement of the barrage ; moreover , voice - radio , to control the guns or adjust the barrage if need be , had not ...
... Battlefield visibility was rapidly reduced by smoke and shellfire and the infantry could not usually keep up with the movement of the barrage ; moreover , voice - radio , to control the guns or adjust the barrage if need be , had not ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
THE BACKGROUND TO THE WAR 18711914 | 8 |
THE TURN OF THE TIDE AND THE HUNDRED DAYS JuneNovember 1918 483 | 22 |
Copyright | |
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advance Allenby Allied ammunition Arras artillery assault attack Aubers Ridge August Australian barrage Bassée battalions battle battlefield began Belgian bombardment Bourlon Brigade British Army British line Byng Cambrai Canadian Corps Canal casualties Cateau cavalry Cavalry Corps Cavalry Division counter-attack creeping barrage east enemy Field Marshal French Fifth Army fighting Flesquières Foch force forward Fourth Army France French Army front line front-line German Army German defences German line Gough ground Haig Haig's heavy guns Hindenburg Line II Corps infantry Joffre Kitchener La Bassée La Boisselle Lanrezac Le Cateau Lieutenant-General Lloyd George Loos losses Major-General Messines miles military move Neuve Chapelle Nivelle offensive officers ordered Passchendaele 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