Britain's Railways in the First World War (Foley Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Britain's Railways in the First World War (Foley Michael)(Pevná vazba)

It is easy to believe that the only part that Britain's railways played in the First World War was to carry the soldiers to the ships that would take them to France. This couldn't be further from the truth. Without the help from the railways it is unlikely that the war would have been over as

Britain's Railways in the Second World War (Foley Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. Keeping the trains running through times of conflict was not such a distant memory for the railway companies and their workers but in this second major war of the twentieth century, the task was to prove a

Legacies of the First World War: Building for Total War 1914-1918 (Cocroft Wayne D.)(Pevná vazba)

The First World War has been described as the first total war, a conflict in which a country's people and resources were harnessed towards final victory. During 2014-18 Historic England set out to uncover and study the physical remains left across England by the First World War. This new book

Enigma: How Breaking the Code Helped Win World War II (Kerrigan Michael)(Pevná vazba)

While we know that Bletchley was the centre of Britain's World War II code-breaking, how did its efforts actually change the course of the war? Enigma tells the story of Bletchley's role in assisting the Allied commanders to victory on the

Grandad's Army: Volunteers Defending the British Isles in the First World War (Osborne Mike)(Pevná vazba)

In August 1914, on the outbreak of the First World War, there was enormous pressure on men to enlist in Kitchener's New Armies, supplementing the tiny regular army and Territorial Force. This pressure was intense, and posters, the entreaties of local worthies, and an apparently indiscriminate

Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II (Rosen Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The Steam Engines of World War II in Europe: The German 'Kriegsdampflokomotiven' and the British and American War Engines (Horton Phil)(Pevná vazba)

Few events had a greater influence on Europe's railways in the 20th century than the Second World War. As described in this book, thousands of steam engines were produced for the conflict by all sides. Although many were damaged during the war, most survived. Indeed, many of the British and

First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939 (Waghorne James)(Pevná vazba)

Great Britain's Great War (Paxman Jeremy)(Paperback)

Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people.'If there is one new history of the war that you might actually enjoy this is very likely it' The Times 'Lively, surprising and

The Times Lost Joy of Railways (Holland Julian)(Pevná vazba)

Journey back to the 1950s and 60s with this nostalgic look at Britain's railways in their glory days. Packed with hundreds of photographs, journey logs, trainspotting notebooks and ephemera. This is a vivid recollection of the whole atmosphere of the railways during that glorious era. Organised by

The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 1: Global War (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the First World War provides a comprehensive account of the war's military history. An international team of leading historians charts how a war made possible by globalization and imperial expansion unfolded into catastrophe, growing year by year in

British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and '60s (Morse Greg)(Paperback)

After the Second World War, the drive for the modernization of Britain's railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced with a coal crisis and the Clean Air Act in the 1950s, it was seen as a part of the solution for British

Britain's Bizarre Railways (Jones Robin)(Pevná vazba)

Contested Lands: A History of the Middle East Since the First World War (Fraser T. G.)(Pevná vazba)

A history of the last century of tensions in the Middle East. Until the First World War, the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East for four centuries. Its collapse, coupled with the subsequent clash of European imperial policies, unleashed a surge of political feeling among the people of

The World War I Aviator's Pocket Manual (McNab Chris)(Pevná vazba)

Aviation was still in its infancy when World War I broke out. The first men to take to the skies above the battlefield undertook reconnaissance. Pilots and observers soon branched out into primitive bombing attempts, and attacking enemy aircraft when they came into contact. Nascent air forces

Indian Empire At War - From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War (Morton-Jack George)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliantly original history of the First World War, re-tracing the footsteps of the Indian Army's 1.5 million men who in 1914-18 served about the globe from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Indian

World Wars (Brook Henry)(Pevná vazba)

An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the First World War and the Second World War, stunningly illustrated with dramatic contemporary photographs, paintings, posters and maps. This beautifully presented hardback book tells the story of both conflicts, from the trenches of the First

Britain and the Arab Middle East: World War I and Its Aftermath (Lieshout Robert H.)(Pevná vazba)

The profound effects of the British Empire's actions in the Arab world during the First World War can be seen echoing through the history of the 20th century. The uprising sparked by the Husayn-McMahon correspondence and led by 'Lawrence of Arabia;' the Sykes-Picot agreement which undermined that

Bayonets of the First World War (Bera Claude)(Pevná vazba)

This detailed, concise look at World War I bayonets presents, in over 270 color images, their development and use throughout the war. Bayonets of all war combatants are covered: Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Portugal,

Otto Dix and the First World War: Grotesque Humor, Camaraderie and Remembrance (Weikop Christian)(Pevná vazba)

Otto Dix fought in the First World War for four years before becoming one of the most important artists of the Weimar era. This book takes Dix's very public, monumental works out of the isolation of the artist's studio and returns them to a context of public memorials, mass media depictions, and

Before Bletchley Park: The Codebreakers of the First World War (Gannon Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The story of Bletchley Park's codebreaking operations in the Second World War is now well known, but its counterparts in the First World War - Room 40 & MI1(b) - remain in the shadows, despite their involvement in and influence on most of the major events of that war.From the First Battle of the

Allied Railways of the Western Front - Narrow Gauge in the Somme Sector: Before, During and After the First World War (Farebrother Martin J. B.)(Pevná vazba)

The Somme sector of the Western Front was held by French forces until early 1916, when the British and Dominions Third and Fourth Armies moved into the northern part, before the joint First Battle of the Somme from July to November 1916. In 1917, with the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line,

Hertfordshire Soldiers of the Great War (Hill Dan)(Pevná vazba)

In Hertfordshire Soldiers of The First World War the authors explore a series of individual case studies of Hertfordshire men who served in various theaters during the First World War, all of which had been uncovered as part of the Herts At War community project. This unique collection of largely

Arming for Accuracy: RAF Bomb Aimers During the Second World War (Pateman Colin)(Pevná vazba)

During the First World War, fledgling crews in basic aircraft experimented with dropping grenades and small bombs. The need for elements of accuracy became obvious and evolved from that point onwards. The various light bombers that flew during the inter-war period developed procedures which carried