Erster Weltkrieg

"The Crucial Turning Points: Key Campaigns of World War I" by H. Warfield is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the pivotal battles that shaped the course of World War I. From the early clashes on the Western Front to the final offensives that brought an end to the conflict, this book offers a detailed analysis of the strategies, tactics, and key moments that decided the fate of nations. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, Warfield brings to life the experiences of soldiers and commanders on both sides of the conflict, offering a fresh perspective on this defining moment in modern history. A must-read for anyone interested in military history, "The Crucial Turning Points" is a vivid and compelling account of the battles that changed the world.

Passed by the censor: The Experience of an American Newspaper Man in France by Wythe Williams has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

Adventures in the fast moving small motor boats of the Royal NavyThe Great War may well have seen the zenith of the huge battleship fleets, but was also the creation of new kinds of vessels for naval warfare. The Germans had refined the submarine and the U-Boat menace represented a severe threat for the sea-borne transportation of men and materiel across the Atlantic Ocean. Clearly counter-measures were required and among several suggested and adopted was the creation of a 'mosquito fleet' of small fast moving motor launches focussed on harbour defence and patrolling comparatively coastal waters, armed with quick firing guns and able to speed at 19 knots. In April 1915 work began on fifty 75ft motor launches fitted with 2200 HP engines. The days of the 'submarine chasers', of the RNVR had arrived. 'Motor Launch Patrol' is a creatively written book by a motor launch officer which combines his first hand experiences on patrol, his reveries and anecdotes, the everyday workings of the 'mosquito fleet' and its notable battles and services. The role the little boats played in the daring Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids is well covered as is perilous duty at Dunkirk and off the Belgian coast. The activities of the M.L.'s in the Mediterranean Sea off the coasts of Turkey and Palestine is also covered in some detail. The second piece in this book is an extract from ,'The Cinderellas of the Fleet' which provides an overview of the launches in Royal Navy service from design to manufacture and their time in action.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Die Ehrenamtlichen des Maximilian-Kolbe-Werks (MKW) engagieren sich seit vielen Jahren mit hohem persönlichem und zeitlichem Einsatz in der Hilfe für die Überlebenden von Konzentrationslagern und Ghettos. Sie leisten damit einen Beitrag zur Aufarbeitung der deutschen Geschichte und zum Bemühen um die Aussöhnung zwischen den Menschen in Deutschland und den mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern. In der Begegnung mit diesen Menschen machten Ehrenamtliche viele berührende und prägende Erfahrungen. Das Buch dokumentiert die Erinnerungen der Ehrenamtlichen im Zusammenhang mit ihren Einsätzen in der Begegnungsarbeit des MKW. Ihre Erfahrungen werden so für Bildungs- und Forschungszwecke zugänglich gemacht und können kirchlichen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Institutionen beispielhaft als Baustein für Verständigungsprozesse in Gegenwart und Zukunft dienen.

Make no friends. War is hard enough as it is. Sure. It sounded like good advice from well-meaning superior officers, but it was impossible to do. Soldiers grow closer to one another and develop deeper relationships than civilians will never know. They boot together, train together, work together, fight together, are petrified in battle together, and even sometimes die together. Some of them ended up prisoners of the Japanese together. There they face war at its worst. Their lives already hanging by a thread, companions from different parts of the country and even from different parts of the U.S. military find themselves at the mercy of their captors. Eventually chosen as part of the "fit" prisoners who will finish out the war in Japan making enemy war materiel, they have hopes that their suffering will ease and they will survive the war. Then the unthinkable happens. Their transport torpedoed by Allied submarines, they replace the horrors of death at Camp Chang' for the horrors of death under the merciless sun on a tiny raft floating in the Pacific Ocean. Will they survive? And what about the mental strain on their compatriots who sent hundreds of fellow Allied soldiers to a watery grave?

Keble Chatterton turns his attention to the history of HMS Severn, a British monitor that duelled with the Konigsberg in the Rufijiand and also took part in the attack on Tanga and other operations in East Africa until the end of the war. Based on interviews with many of the protagonists and original manuscripts, both British and German, this is the story of a ship whose five-year career was packed tight with action from start to finish.HMS Severn was a Humber-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for Brazil, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War along with her sister ships Humber and Mersey. She had been christened Solimoes by the Brazilians, but was renamed by the British. The three ships were the first of a new type of specialised shore-bombardment warships. As a result of her shallow draught, she was very unmanoeuvrable and unseaworthy in open waters in anything more than a Force 5 wind.Severn had a relatively successful career during the First World War with at least three engagements. At the Battle of the Yser in 1914, off the coast of Belgium, she bombarded German troops as well as artillery positions. On 10 October 1914, she survived an attack by the submarine U-8 when a torpedo passed under the shallow-draught vessel. In early 1915, the twin turret was removed and replaced by two shielded single 6-inch guns fore and aft. In July 1915, the monitor was towed to the Rufiji River delta in German East Africa where she and Mersey then assisted in the destruction of the German light cruiser Königsberg. She continued to serve on the East Africa station until 1918 and after a long refit in Alexandria, also served on the lower Danube until March 1919. She was sold for breaking up on 9 May 1921 to Thos. W. Ward, of Preston, and arrived at their yards on 23 March 1923.Keble Chatterton is unquestionably one of the most important and vivid nautical authors of the past century, using both first-hand accounts from the people that were there at the time and having the opportunity to access to official documents. Chatterton recorded the maritime history of Britain at its most momentous point of change, from sail to steam, from the advent of the submarine to the carrier.

Les archives militaires allemandes concernant la Première Guerre mondiale ayant quasiment brûlé en totalité lors des bombardements du 14 avril 1945 sur Berlin-Potsdam, cette traduction d'un livre publié en 1930 permet d'avoir une vision allemande de la terrible bataille du Bois de Belleau au nord-ouest de Château-Thierry en juin 1918, ce qui est totalement inédit à ce jour. Cette bataille fut à la fois pour les Marines américains le baptême du feu et la bataille la plus atroce de leur engagement au cours de ce conflit. Elle fut très déstabilisante pour les Allemands, puisqu'une partie des soldats américains, d'origine allemande, parlaient en allemand entre eux au quotidien tout en servant le drapeau de leur nouvelle patrie. Ils mirent cet atout à profit lors de la bataille pour semer la confusion.

One of the earliest guidebooks to the Ypres Salient, stated by the author to be compiled for the ex-servicemen who may wish to visit the graves and battlefields of the Great War. Works such as this guide formed the 'Roots of Remembrance' that 100+ years on still attract pilgrims in their droves to visit the Western front and its memorials to the fallen. Unusually, and interestingly, it includes essays on various aspects of service in the Salient: Hugh Pollard on infantry, Walter Gardiner on mining, F. Worthington on RAMC Work; Machine Guns in the Salient by 'Maxim', etc.Much research on the commemoration and memory of the Great War in the twenties and thirties concentrates on how vast numbers of people sought to deal with the deaths of their loved ones, or veterans' attempts to interpret their wartime experiences. Such studies often focus on the memorialisation and commemoration on the home front. Far less research considers battlefields as sites of memory and tourism. The explanation of the strategic importance of Ypres, which has turned it into such a sanguinary sire, was also linked to its status as a place of remembrance and tourism; its proximity to, and easy access from, the Channel coast. Hard military realities created emotional ties which then combined with the practicalities of accessing Ypres, making it the crucial site for battlefield visiting. From the moment the conflict ended, British visitors began to arrive, seeking out the graves of loved ones, or the place they were lost, to wonder at the amazing spectacle of the battlefield, and explore the sites they had once fought.

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The Note-Book of an Attaché: Seven Months in the War Zone, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.

Whether victorious or not, Central European states faced fundamental challenges after the First World War as they struggled to contain ongoing violence and forge peaceful societies. This collection explores the various forms of violence these nations confronted during this period, which effectively transformed the region into a laboratory for state-building. Employing a bottom-up approach to understanding everyday life, these studies trace the contours of individual and mass violence in the interwar era while illuminating their effects upon politics, intellectual developments, and the arts.

Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front , has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

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Introduction"We are Getting into Deep Water Needlessly": From Neutrality to (Almost) a Third Anglo-American War in 1914Shawn McAvoyXenophobia Unleashed: Anti-German Attitudes and Policies During WWIB.D. MowellAmerican and Russian Geopolitical and Geostrategic Interests During World War IRaluca Viman-Miller"American Pride Will Not Stand in the Way of Efficiency": Public Opinion on the Amalgamation of U.S. Troops into Allied Armies in 1918Terri Blom CrockerLying, Spying, and Right Defying: The Espionage Act of 1917 and the U.S. Wartime Qualification to the Freedom of SpeechAshlee BeazleyLeague of Nations Debate: Strategic Preferences of President Woodrow Wilson and Senator Henry Cabot LodgeSeyed Hamidreza SerriOne Hundred Years On: The Shadow of League of Nations Failure on American Support for International LawJonathan S. MinerCruelty or Military Necessity: Poison Gas and U.S. Security in WWIThomas I. FaithThe AEF in the Trenches: The American Military and Modern Warfare in the First World WarJonathan A. BeallProximity and Distance on the Battlefield: The AEF's 2nd Infantry Division at Blanc Mont 1918Keith D. DicksonAEF Press Censorship During World War I Charles Sorrie Contributor Biographies

The Lusitania's Last Voyage ;Being a narrative of the torpedoing and sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by a German submarine off the Irish coast, May 7, 1915 by Jr. Charles Emelius Lauriat has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

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Ypres has been one of the chief centres of the terrible struggle which is now proceeding on the Continent, and it is well known that this same old Flemish town has figured again and again in the bloody contests of the past. Ypres was probably the centre of the most terrible fighting in the War. This delightful old Flemish town, with its magnificent cathedral and its unique Cloth Hall, probably the finest specimen of Gothic architecture in Europe, was wantonly bombarded day and night. The Germans have failed to capture the old city; but they have laid it in ruins. The heroism, the self-devotion, the religious faith, the Christian zeal and charity of those Irish nuns at Ypres, in a terrible crisis in the history of their Order, command universal respect and admiration, mingled with pity for their fate, and an earnest desire, among all generous souls, to help them in retrieving their fortunes.