The Blood Tub by Jonathan Walker ISBN: 9781473827547
on March 4th 2015
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A disastrous engagement which drove a wedge between British and Australian soldiers.
The German Army in the Spring Offensives 1917: Arras, Aisne and Champagne
The German Army in the Spring Offensives 1917: Arras, Aisne and Champagne by Jack Sheldon ISBN: 9781783463459
on January 30th 2015
Genres: Great Britain, Military, Germany
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Battle from the British perspective.
Hamilton and Gallipoli: British Command in an Age of Military Transformation
Hamilton and Gallipoli: British Command in an Age of Military Transformation by Evan McGilvray ISBN: 9781781590768
on February 27th 2015
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A study of Sir Ian Hamilton’s failed command.
The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered
The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered by Peter Liddle ISBN: 9781783400393
on February 4th 2015
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Reevaluation of the political and military leadership of this campaign by a premier British historian.
Till the Boys Come Home: The First World War Through its Picture Postcards
Till the Boys Come Home: The First World War Through its Picture Postcards by Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt ISBN: 9781473823525
on November 30th 2014
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: New edition with many new images of postcards, many in full color, from the several belligerents.
Bully Beef and Biscuits – Food in the Great War
Bully Beef and Biscuits - Food in the Great War by John Hartley ISBN: 9781473827455
on February 28th 2015
Genres: Military, Cooking, Great Britain
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: What Tommy Atkins ate.
Shell Shocked Britain: The First World War’s Legacy for Britain’s Mental Health
Shell Shocked Britain: The First World War's Legacy for Britain's Mental Health by Suzie Grogan ISBN: 9781781592656
on October 31st 2014
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: Exploring the myth of a nation of ‘broken men’ and ‘spare women.’
German Artillery: 1914 – 1918
German Artillery: 1914 - 1918 by Wolfgang Fleischer ISBN: 9781473823983
on February 1st 2015
Genres: Military, Artillery, Germany
Pages: 128
Len's Summary: Artillery, Queen of Battle, was the dominant weapon in WWI.
Douglas Haig As I Knew Him
Douglas Haig As I Knew Him by George S. Duncan ISBN: 9781473827707
on January 30th 2015
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: A positive assessment of a controversial commander.
Tank Battles of World War I
Tank Battles of World War I by Bryan Cooper ISBN: 1473825628
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 19th 2015
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: Early tank actions.
Reporting from the Front: War Reporters during the Great War
Reporting from the Front: War Reporters during the Great War by Brian Best ISBN: 9781473821170
on November 30th 2014
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The British free press takes on British military censorship.
The Zeppelin
The Zeppelin by Michael Belafi ISBN: 9781473827851
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 31st 2015
Genres: Military, Aviation
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Features photos of these huge airships in all stages of development.
Your Country Needs You: Volunteering to Fight in the Great War
Your Country Needs You: Volunteering to Fight in the Great War ISBN: 1473828856 Published by Pen & Sword Books on May 19th 2015
Genres: Great Britain, Military
Pages: 120
Len's Summary: A compilation of articles taken from other Pen & Sword books on WWI.
Liaison 1914: A Narrative of the Great Retreat
Liaison 1914: A Narrative of the Great Retreat by Edward Spears ISBN: 9781473827462
on February 19th 2015
Pages: 588
Len's Summary: Sir Edward Spears was a key player in Anglo-French coordination throughout WWI. At the outset of WWII, he was Churchill’s personal representative to French Premier Paul Reynaud and is credited with arranging DeGaulle’s escape to England in June 1940.
We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First World War
We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First World War by Vivien Newman ISBN: 1783462256
on November 30th 2014
Genres: Women, Social History, Military
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: British women at war, a social history. See also: They Also Served: American Women in World War I, Lettie Gavin, University Press of Colorado, 1906, and The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I, Jean Ebbert & Mary-Beth Hall, US Naval Institute Press, 2002.
Britons Experience the Great War: Life at Home and Abroad 1914-1918
Britons Experience the Great War: Life at Home and Abroad 1914-1918 by Peter Liddle ISBN: 1473821169
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 19th 2014
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Draws on previously unpublished material on the war and home fronts from the Liddle Collection at the University of Leeds. // Social history. The author is founder of the Liddle Collection on WWI at Leeds University.
French Generals of the Great War
French Generals of the Great War by Jonathan Krause, William Philpott ISBN: 9781781592526
Published by Pen & Sword Books on 2014
Genres: France, Military
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Advertised as an original study. Philpott is a winner of our Tomlinson Book Prize.
Reporting the Great War
Reporting the Great War by Stuart Hylton ISBN: 9781783463572
on August 18th 2014
Genres: Military, Great Britain
Pages: 166
Len's Summary: The British home front as seen through the pages of contemporary newspapers.
Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War
Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War by Michael Foley ISBN: 9781783463930
on September 1st 2014
Genres: Military, Armored Vehicles
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Based on Bovington Tank Museum and Imperial War Museum archives.
Irishmen in the Great War: Reports from the Front 1914
Irishmen in the Great War: Reports from the Front 1914 by Tom Burnell ISBN: 9781473838611
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 31st 2014
Pages: 252
Len's Summary: Thousands of Irishmen volunteered for the BEF. Based on contemporary Irish press accounts. The citizens of the Irish republic have conflicted sentiments about their ancestors participation in The Great War: pride in their service mixed with patriotic remembrances of the 1916 Easter Uprising.
In Battle and Captivity 1916-1918: A British Officer’s Memoirs of the Trenches and a German Prison Camp
In Battle and Captivity 1916-1918: A British Officer's Memoirs of the Trenches and a German Prison Camp by Henry Gilbert Nobbs ISBN: 1783463120
Published by Pen & Sword Books on September 1st 2014
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: Captain Nobbs was grievously wounded leading his company on the Somme, captured and later exchanged after three months in a German POW camp.
Major & Mrs. Holt’s Concise Illustrated Battlefield Guide to the Western Front – North
Major & Mrs. Holt’s Concise Illustrated Battlefield Guide to the Western Front - North by Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt ISBN: 1781593973
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 19th 2014
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: An excellent Guidebook to the Ypres, Yser, Vimy Ridge, Arras and other Flanders battlefields with concise descriptions of the battles from 1914 to 1918 and directions for tours and routes.
Salient Points Four (Cameos of the Western Front)
Salient Points Four (Cameos of the Western Front) by Tony Spagnoly ISBN: 0850529328
Published by Pen & Sword Books on September 1st 2005
Pages: 146
Len's Summary: Another battlefield guide in the Cameos of the Western Front Series written by two experienced WWI historians and covering the Ploegsteert and Neuve Eglise sectors of the BEF line in Belgium.
Middlebrook Guide to the Somme Battlefields
Middlebrook Guide to the Somme Battlefields by Mary Middlebrook, Martin Middlebrook ISBN: 1844155331
on October 1st 2007
Pages: 383
Len's Summary: A new guide by the author of the iconic First Day on the Somme.
Major & Mrs. Holt’s Pocket Battlefield Guide to Ypres and Passchendaele
Major & Mrs. Holt’s Pocket Battlefield Guide to Ypres and Passchendaele by Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt ISBN: 9781844153770
Published by Casemate Publishers on September 15th 2006
Pages: 128
Len's Summary: Includes 1st, 2nd and 3rd (Passchendaele) and 4th Ypres (Lys).
Major & Mrs. Holt’s Pocket Battlefield Guide to the Somme Battles
Major & Mrs. Holt’s Pocket Battlefield Guide to the Somme Battles by Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt ISBN: 1844153959
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 2nd 2006
Pages: 112
Len's Summary: Covers the 1916 battles, the Kaiser’s Offensive of March-April 1918 and the American-Canadian sectors of 1918. // Battlefield details capturing essential features and tourist information.
Walking Verdun: A Guide to the Battlefield
Walking Verdun: A Guide to the Battlefield by Christina Holstein ISBN: 1844158675
on July 2009
Pages: 176
Len's Summary: A new guide book from one of the most knowledgeable Western Front historians and guides. // A New work by long-time battlefield guide and WFA member who also wrote an earlier Pen & Sword book on Ft. Douaumont.
St. Quentin: Hindenburg Line
St. Quentin: Hindenburg Line by Helen McPhail, Phillip Guest ISBN: 0850527899
on January 1st 2001
Pages: 157
Flers
Flers by Trevor Pidgeon, Nigel Cave ISBN: 0850527783
on April 28th 2001
Pages: 160
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle by Geoff Bridger ISBN: 0850526485
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 1st 1999
Pages: 144
Mons: 1914
Mons: 1914 by Jack Horsfall, Nigel Cave ISBN: 0850526779
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 1st 1999
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 192
Major & Mrs. Holts Battle Atlas of the WWI Western Front
Major & Mrs. Holts Battle Atlas of the WWI Western Front by Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt ISBN: 1844154009
Published by Pen & Sword Books on May 1st 2008
Pages: 128
Len's Summary: Covers Mons, Le Cateau, Notre Dame de la Lorette, The Yser, First Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festaubert-Givenchy, Second Ypres, Loos, Fromelles, Vimy-Arras, Pesschendaele, Fourth Ypres, First Marne, St. Mihiel, The Aisne, Verdun, The Somme, Chemin des Dames, Cambrai, Kaiser’s Offensive, Château Thierry, Champaign, Meuse-Argonne, and the Hindenburg Line.
Major and Mrs. Holt’s Battlefield Guide: Western Front – South
Major and Mrs. Holt’s Battlefield Guide: Western Front - South by Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt ISBN: 1844152391
Published by Pen & Sword Books on December 1st 2005
Pages: 360
Len's Summary: First and Second Marne, the Somme 1916, Cambrai, the Aisne, Verdun, the Hindenburg Line, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne among other battles and campaigns. Companion volume to an earlier guide to northern Western Front battlefields.
Battle Lines: Ypres: Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert
Battle Lines: Ypres: Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert by Jon Cooksey, Jerry Murland ISBN: 9781848847934
on January 1st 2013
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: First in a series of new Pen & Sword walking, cycling and motoring battlefield guides.
The Platoon: An Infantryman on the Western Front 1916-1918
The Platoon: An Infantryman on the Western Front 1916-1918 by Joseph Steward, Andrew Robertshaw ISBN: 9781848843615
on 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, History, Military, World War I
Pages: 200
Len's Summary: A fictionalized account of John Joseph Steward’s wartime career published here for the first time.
Your Country Needs You — From Six to Sixty-Five Divisions
Your Country Needs You — From Six to Sixty-Five Divisions by Martin Middlebrook ISBN: 9780850527094
on July 27th 1999
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: The story of the expansion of the British Army during WWI from a colonial constabulary to a force of over two million men.
Death of an Army
Death of an Army by Anthony Farrar-Hockley ISBN: 9781853266980
on 2000
Pages: 195
Revolt in the Desert
Revolt in the Desert by T.E. Lawrence ISBN: 9781848856653
on 2001
Genres: History, Middle East, General, Travel, Special Interest, Literary
Pages: 352
Trench Art
Trench Art by Nicholas J. Saunders ISBN: 0850527937
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2001
Genres: Art and war, Art metal-work, Found objects (Art), Popular Culture, Soldiers as artists, Art, Criticism & Theory, Subjects & Themes, General, History, Military, World War I
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: The first book we’ve seen on this subject of how front line soldiers passed the time between battles… Look for a review in the WFA newsletter The Field Memo later in 2001.
The Zebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918
The Zebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918 by Deborah Lake ISBN: 0850528704
on October 1st 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The story of a daring but unsuccessful attempt to block access to German mine-laying submarine and destroyer bases in Belgium.
President’s Quarterly Update—April 2024
Dear Members and Friends,
I’m extremely pleased with the level of WW1HA’s activities, some of which may be unseen by you.
Our Journal, “World War One Illustrated,” is now published three times a year with an average length of 48 pages. Each issue is filled with high-quality articles covering a variety of topics, including the popular “My Kin in the Great War” series.
Our electronic newsletter, “Here and There with the WW1HA” is published monthly, with an assortment of Association events and articles covering WW1 topics.
Sal Compagno’s San Francisco Bay Area Chapter continues to hold monthly meetings via Zoom, while Mark Benbow’s Eastern Chapter is holding quarterly meetings.
As President, I am also hosting a quarterly “Fireside Chat” online. The last one emphasized WW1 poetry. The next one will emphasize WW1-era music.
If you’re already a member, I thank you for your membership and encourage you to take part in these activities. If you’re not a member, I ask you to join and participate in these activities. Participate in the events and consider submitting an article for the journal or newsletter.
Reach out to me with your comments: lavarennes@meuse-argonne.com.
Regards,
Randy Gaulke
