Fire and Movement : The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign Of 1914.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (537 pages)Content type: - text
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- Great Britain. -- Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
- Great Britain. -- Army. -- British Expeditionary Force
- Germany. -- Heer -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
- France. -- Armée -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
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- D546 -- .H44 2015eb
Cover -- Fire and Movement -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Plates -- 1 Small Beginnings -- 2 Ready for War? -- 3 Lights Out, 4 August 1914 -- 4 Road to Mons -- 5 Battle of Mons -- 6 Battle of Le Cateau -- 7 Great Retreat -- 8 Battle of the Marne -- 9 Battle of the Aisne -- 10 Race to the Sea -- 11 Battle of Ypres: Contact -- 12 Battle of Ypres: Bedlam -- 13 Life in the Trenches -- 14 Stagnation -- 15 Christmas Truce -- 16 Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
Fire and Movement offers a fresh look at the first months of the Great War. Considering each of the major offenses of 1914, from the Battle of the Frontiers to the Battle of Ypres and the genesis of trench warfare, renowned military historian Peter Hart argues that the real story of the opening campaigns of World War I is far different from the mythology that has come to surround it.
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