First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

The First World War, Vol. 2: The Western Front 1914-1916 (Essential Histories)

History

SIMKINS, Peter

Americas

Routledge

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The First World War, Vol. 3: The Western Front 1917-1918 (Essential Histories)

Reference

World War I: the Western Front

Traces the events leading up to and during World War I, including a year-by-year chronicle, and discusses terrain, artillery, medical services, trench warfare, and other aspects, with an emphasis on the British and Commonwealth experience

World War I: The Western Front

Military

Crescent

Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in World War I was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those who served in it were volunteers, almost 2.5 million men enlisting between August 1914 and December 1915. How did Britain succeed in creating a mass army almost from scratch, in the midst of a major war? The author describes how Kitchener's New Armies were raised and reviews the main political, economic and social effects of the recruiting campaign. He then examines the experiences and impressions of the men who made up the New Armies. The book won the Society for Army Historical Research's Templar Medal for 1988 and will be of interest both to those studying the period and those who have a more personal interest in the story of Britain's citizen soldiers of the Great War.

Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies, 1914-16 (Studies in Neuroscience)

Manchester University Press

Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies, 1914-16 (War, Armed Forces and Society)

Manchester Univ Pr

Quadrillion Publishing, Ltd.

"From Wikipedia: The Churchill War Rooms is a museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. The museum comprises the Cabinet War Rooms, a historic underground complex that housed a British government command centre throughout the Second World War, and the Churchill Museum, a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill. As a branch of a national museum, the Churchill War Rooms is supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, by admissions income and the museum's commercial activity. Construction of the Cabinet War Rooms, located beneath the Treasury building in the Whitehall area of Westminster, began in 1938. They became operational in August 1939, shortly before the outbreak of war in Europe. They remained in operation throughout the Second World War, before being abandoned in August 1945 after the surrender of Japan. After the war the historic value of the Cabinet War Rooms was recognised. Their preservation became the responsibility of the Ministry of Works and later the Department for the Environment, during which time very limited numbers of the public were able to visit by appointment. In the early 1980s the Imperial War Museum was asked to take over the administration of the site, and the Cabinet War Rooms were opened to the public in April 1984."

Cabinet war rooms

Imperial War Museum

After a hundred years the First World War continues to both fascinate and horrify us. This volume, with a foreword by Professor Hew Strachan and contributions from three renowned historians, covers the fighting in all the theaters of the war and delves into some of the untold stories of the conflict. It examines Russia's humiliation at Tannenberg, while the great battles on the Western Front - the Somme, Ypres, Verdun, Belleau Wood - and memorable campaigns in Palestine, Italy and Africa are all explored alongside the causes and background to the war. The new technology and tactics that resulted in the stagnation of the front lines and led to the creation of hundreds of miles of trenches are revealed and investigated, while lives of civilians and soldiers caught up in the war are explored through first-hand accounts which offer a moving and personal insight into the horrors of the Great War.

First World War: the War to End All Wars

Osprey

Numbering over five million men, Britain’s army in the First World War was the biggest in the country’s history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener, by then a natural hero.Peter Simkins describes how Kitchener’s New Armies were raised and reviews the main political, economic and social effects of the recruiting campaign. He examines the experiences and impressions of the officers and men who made up the New Armies. As well as analyzing their motives for enlisting, he explores how they were fed, housed, equipped and trained before they set off for active service abroad. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, ranging from government papers to the diaries and letters of individual soldiers, he questions long-held assumptions about the ‘rush to the colors’ and the nature of patriotism in 1914. The book will be of interest not only to those studying social, political and economic history, but also to general readers who wish to know more about the story of Britain’s citizen soldiers in the Great War.

Kitchener’s Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 – 1916

Europe

Pen and Sword Military

Peter Simkins has established a reputation over the last forty years as one of the most original and stimulating historians of the First World War. He has made a major contribution to the debate about the performance of the British Army on the Western Front. This collection of his most perceptive and challenging essays, which concentrates on British operations in France between 1916 and 1918, shows that this reputation is richly deserved. He focuses on key aspects of the army’s performance in battle, from the first day of the Somme to the Hundred Days, and gives a fascinating insight into the developing theory and practice of the army as it struggled to find a way to break through the German line. His rigorous analysis undermines some of the common assumptions - and the myths - that still cling to the history of these British battles.

From the Somme to Victory: The British Army's Experience on the Western Front 1916-1918

Praetorian Press

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