Arras and Messines, 1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Arras and Messines, 1917 write by Gerald Gliddon. This book was released on 2012. Arras and Messines, 1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For much of the First World War, the opposing armies on the Western Front were at a stalemate, with an unbroken line of fortified trenches stretching from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. The Allied objective after the bloody Battle of the Somme drew to a close in November 1916 was to decisively break through the German 'Hindenburg Line' and engage the numerically inferior German forces in a war of movement. The Arras offensive was conceived to achieve this breakthrough and was planned for early 1917 after considerable pressure from the French High Command. Commonwealth Forces advanced on a broad front between Vimy in the northwest and Bullecourt in the southeast, with the French Army attacking 80km further south in the Aisne area. Initial successes, albeit costly, were followed by a reversion to the previous stalemate and lead to a change of focus, with an assault on the Messines Ridge, near Ypres, beginning in June 1917. By the end of July, on the eve of the Third Battle of Ypres, a total of fifty Victoria Crosses had been awarded, including many troops from the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Forces. This includes Captain Robert Greive, who single-handedly silenced two enemy machine-gun nests at Messines, and L/Cpl James Welch, who captured four prisoners with an empty revolver. The courage, determination and sacrifice of their generation should never be forgotten. Gerald Gliddon is a notable historian, author and bookseller specialising in military history. He has written a number of books about the First World War and has coordinated this series. Among his many titles are Somme 1916: A Battlefield Guide (The History Press). He lives in Norfolk.
Arras & Messines, 1917
Arras & Messines, 1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Arras & Messines, 1917 write by Gerald Gliddon. This book was released on 1998. Arras & Messines, 1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Covering the period January to July 1917, much of this book concentrates on the events of April - the month of the Battle of Arras. By the end of July, a total of 50 Victoria Crosses had been awarded. This text records the life and military career of each of the recipients.
VCs Cambrai 1917
VCs Cambrai 1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook VCs Cambrai 1917 write by Gerald Gliddon. This book was released on 2012-02-29. VCs Cambrai 1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Featuring the careers of forty-three men, this volume tells the story of the Battle of Cambrai, famous for being the first occasion when tanks were used en masse in battle. Its first day was so successful that church bells in Britain were rung in anticipation of a great victory. A tank crewman numbers among the recipients of the VC.Containing biographies of a broad cross-section of men from Britain and the Dominions including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and even the Ukraine. It includes a sapper, a former miner, who chose to stay with his seriously wounded colleague underground and die with him, rather than obey an order to leave him and save his own life; a maverick lieutenant-colonel who was relieved of his command and a padre who worked tirelessly over a period of three nights bringing at least twenty-five men to safety from No Man’s Land, who otherwise would have been left to die.
VCs of the First World War
VCs of the First World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook VCs of the First World War write by Gerald Gliddon. This book was released on 2004-01-01. VCs of the First World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this volume, Gliddon covers the men who won the Victoria Cross on the Western Front in 1916 prior to the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July, together with those who won the medal after the Battle of Paschendaele petered out at the end of October 1917.
Yorkshire VCs
Yorkshire VCs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yorkshire VCs write by Alan Whitworth. This book was released on 2012-10-24. Yorkshire VCs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first of these medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850's, 1,357 have been won, and no less than 69 of them have gone to Yorkshiremen. Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite group of heroes.
