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Loos 1915: The Unwanted Battle

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Loos 1915: The Unwanted BattleLoos 1915: The Unwanted Battle by Gordon Corrigan
ISBN: 1862272395
Published by Spellmount on November 2005
Pages: 262

Len's Summary: Story of an unsuccessful British attack that finished off many of the few remaining "Old Contemptibles"and provided lessons for future BEF commander Douglas Haig. Corrigan is the author of Sepoys in the Trenches about the experience of the British Indian Army Corps on the Western Front in 1914-1915, also from Spellmont.

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Directing Operations: British Corps Command on the Western Front, 1914-1918

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Directing Operations: British Corps Command on the Western Front, 1914-1918Directing Operations: British Corps Command on the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Andy Simpson
ISBN: 1862272921
Published by Spellmount on October 1st 2006
Pages: 308

Len's Summary: Examines how the role of the British corps changed over the course of the war.

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Rats Alley: Trench Names of the Western Front, 1914-1918

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Rats Alley: Trench Names of the Western Front, 1914-1918Rats Alley: Trench Names of the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Peter Chasseaud
ISBN: 9781862272767
Published by Spellmount on March 1st 2006
Pages: 416

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The Fallen: A Photographic Journey Through the War Cemeteries and Memorials of the Great War, 1914-18

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The Fallen: A Photographic Journey Through the War Cemeteries and Memorials of the Great War, 1914-18The Fallen: A Photographic Journey Through the War Cemeteries and Memorials of the Great War, 1914-18 by John Garfield, Katherine Whitehorn
ISBN: 0750952040
Published by Spellmount on May 1st 2014
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Photography, Photoessays & Documentaries
Pages: 168

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War Underground: The Tunnellers of the Great War

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War Underground: The Tunnellers of the Great WarWar Underground: The Tunnellers of the Great War by Alexander Barrie
ISBN: 1862270813
Published by The History Press on 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 272

Len's Summary: Available from Casemate Publishing, 2114 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083 www.casematepublishing.com Ph (610) 853-9131 Fax (610) 853-9146, E-mail casemate@casematepublishing.com.

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Kut 1916: Courage and Failure in Iraq

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Kut 1916: Courage and Failure in IraqKut 1916: Courage and Failure in Iraq by Patrick Crowley
ISBN: 9780752454474
Published by Spellmount on 2009
Genres: History, Middle East, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 320

Len's Summary: The history of one of the worst defeats of British arms: The siege of Kut, on the Euphrates River, 1915-1916. More than 13,000 British Indian Army troops surrendered and went into harsh Ottoman captivity. Recommended by Michael Neiberg of the Army War College faculty and winner of the Tomlinson Book Prize for 2008.

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Shooting the Front: Allied Aerial Reconnaissance in the First World War

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Shooting the Front: Allied Aerial Reconnaissance in the First World WarShooting the Front: Allied Aerial Reconnaissance in the First World War by Terrence J. Finnegan
ISBN: 9780752460529
Published by Spellmount on September 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, Photography, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 408

Len's Summary: First published by NDIS Press in 2006, this is the second revised edition of a unique analysis of the development and tactical employment of aerial reconnaissance and photographic interpretation on the Western Front, the principal use of airpower in that conflict. // The author spoke at the WFA 2006 Annual National Seminar.

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