Battles and campaigns

Cambrai 1917 was the battle that sowed the seeds of future combined-arms tank and infantry warfare, while remaining a battle of singular drama in its own right. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story. Detailed profiles explore the background of the generals of the two opposing forces, as well as what made up the average German and British soldier. First-person, contemporary sources bring the reader into the world of the Battle of Cambrai and show what it was li

Marc Bloch: Marc Bloch, né le 6 juillet 1886 à Lyon (Rhône) et mort le 16 juin 1944 à Saint-Didier-de-Formans (Ain), est un historien français, fondateur avec Lucien Febvre des Annales d'histoire économique et sociale en 1929. Marc Bloch a donné à l'école historique française une renommée qui s'étend bien au-delà de l'Europe. Ancien combattant de la Première Guerre mondiale et de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il est décoré de la Légion d'honneur à titre militaire, de la croix de guerre 1914-1918 (

Una mirada distinta, tan cruel y terrible como hilarante, desde el punto de vista de humorismo gráfico, de la etapa más dolorosa de la historia contemporánea española. Las viñetas, historietas y chistes que se publicaron durante la guerra civil española nos sirven hoy como testimonio gráfico de la contienda y, especialmente, de lo que suponía intentar substituir en un país devastado. Los dibujantes — inmortalizados gracias a su trabajo— se erigen en portavoces de la realidad del día a día desde

On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army attacked 1,700 British and colonial forces. The engagement saw primitive weapons of spears and shields clashing with the latest military technology. However, despite being poorly equipped, the numerically superior Zulu force crushed the British troops, killing 1,300 men, whilst only losing 1,000 of their own warriors. It was a humiliating defeat for the British Army, who had been poorly trained and who had underestimated their enemy. The defeat ensure

Günter Schneider: Der Autor ist Geschichtslehrer an einem Aachener Gymnasium. Übersetzung der Lebenserinnerungen von Ferdinand Bac, Enkel von Jérôme Bonaparte (Le récit du Chevalier à la rose) aus dem Französischen. Im Jahre 2000 Veröffentlichung des Buches Hohenlinden 1800 - Die vergessene Schlacht. Übersetzung des Werks ins Englische und Französische. Veröffentlichungen zu diesem Thema in englischen und französischen Fachzeitschriften.

König Gustav Adolf von Schweden ist mit seiner Streitmacht auf der Insel Usedom gelandet und sagt den katholischen Unterdrückern des Heiligen Römischen Reiches den Kampf an. Während er weite Gebiete in Norddeutschland von den Kaiserlichen befreit, versucht er, die protestantischen Fürsten des Reiches auf seine Seite zu ziehen. Nachdem es selbst Johann von Tilly nicht gelingt, den schwedischen Siegeszug zu stoppen, wendet sich Kaiser Ferdinand II. an Albrecht von Wallenstein. Kann er seinen

The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth – that the War Office was unprepared for Dardanelles operations and gave Sir Ian Hamilton little in the way of maps and terrain intelligence. This myth is repeated by current historians. The Dardanelles Commission became a battleground of accusation and counter-accusation. This book, incorporating much previously unpublished material, demonstrates that geographical intelligence preparations had indeed been made by the

Das Kriegsgeschehen im Heiligen Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation reißt nicht ab. Als Unterstützer der Protestanten rückt der Schwedenkönig ins Land vor, während die katholischen Spanier weiterhin Braunfels besetzen. Magdeburg steht vor der Entscheidung, sich offen gegen den Kaiser zu stellen. Doch ob ihnen Schweden rechtzeitigen Schutz vor dem Heer Johann von Tillys bieten kann? Der kaiserliche Söldner Peter Hagendorf wohnt der Belagerung Magdeburgs bei und erlebt die schmerzlichen Folgen für St

Das Buch 1794 - Die Franzosen auf dem Weg zum Rhein beschreibt die Auseinandersetzung zwischen dem revolutionären Frankreich und den europäischen Großmächten, schwerpunktmäßig mit den Ereignissen in Belgien und in dem Gebiet zwischen Maas und Rhein. Das linksrheinische Gebiet war nach diesem Feldzug zwanzig Jahre lang in französischer Hand. Erst nach der Niederwerfung Napoleons 1814/15 fiel es an Preußen bzw. die Niederlande. Das Buch behandelt in erster Linie den Zeitraum von der Entstehung der

L'écrivain britannique H.G. Wells est surtout connu pour ses récits de science-fiction. Bien que considéré comme le père de la science-fiction contemporaine, il a également été un commentateur avisé de la scène politique durant la Première Guerre mondiale. Alors que le conflit mondial s'enlise en Europe dans la guerre des tranchées, L'Europe de demain (l'ensemble des textes qui constituent cet ouvrage furent écrits à la fin de l'année 1915 et dans les premiers mois de l'année 1916) analyse l

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The Classis Britannica was the Roman regional fleet controlling and protecting the waters around the British Isles – in other words, Britain's first-ever navy.

For over 200 years it played a key role in the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire: it helped to establish the province of Britannia and assisted in Roman military campaigns, as well as controlling the continental coast through to the Rhine Delta. Outsid

Gesammelte Texte verschiedener Autoren, aus dem 20., 19., und 17. Jhd. zum Dreissigjährigen Krieg in Memmingen und deren Umgebung. Edierte Fassung mit Worterläuterungen, um die Lesbarkeit der Texte für den Leser flüssiger zu halten.

How much can you really find out about the Great Battles of the First World War in five minutes? This handy little history book will surpass all your expectations and leave you well versed on all you wish to know, and maybe even a little bit more… What was the first battle of the First World War? Or the last? Which was the bloodiest? What about the Allies' biggest victory? Or their worst defeat? Jam-packed with facts, stats and first-hand accounts of the action, all woven together in an accessib

In the cold morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of German soldiers are in position from Port en Bessin eastwards past Colleville on the Normandy coast, aware that a massive invasion force is heading straight for them. According to Allied Intelligence, they shouldn't be there. 352 infantry division would ensure the invaders would pay a massive price to take OMAHA beach. There were veterans from the Russian front amongst them and they were well trained and equipped. The presence of 352 Division mea

With over 60,000 combatants, the Battle of the Boyne, which took place on 1 July 1690 was the largest battle ever fought on Irish soil, and has long been regarded as the pivotal event of the Williamite War. But despite the Boyne's celebrated place in Irish protestant folklore, the critical engagement of the campaign was to take place the following year outside the village of Aughrim, in County Galway. Here the outnumbered and outgunned Jacobites, their backs to the wall, faced the Willi

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europas - Mittelalter, Frühe Neuzeit, Note: 1,7, Universität Rostock, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit zum Hauptseminar „Schifffahrt und Seehandel in der Frühen Neuzeit“ befasst sich – orientierend am vorgegebenen Rahmenthema „Die Kriegsflotten des 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert und ihr Einsatz“ – mit der Seeschlacht zwischen der Spanischen Armada und der Englischen Flotte von 1588. Nach der Vorstellung der Quellenlage und des Forsch

On 22 January 1879 a powerful British column invading Zululand was decisively defeated beneath a hill called Isandlwana. Later on the same day, 4,000 Zulus attacked a garrison of no more than 100 British troops at the mission station at Rorke's Drift, only a few miles from Isandlwana. The British held out against all reasonable expectations, eventually beating off their attackers and winning eleven Victoria Crosses between them. The location where these battles were fought have been places of pi

In December 1944 the German military made its final attempt to end the Second World War by throwing in all its reserves in a desperate attempt to shatter the Allied lines. After breaking through the American-held sector in the Ardennes, two Panzer armies headed for the bridges over the River Meuse. However, a combination of poor planning, bad weather, tortuous terrain and, above all, the determined defence of keys towns and villages delayed the advance. The Allies were able to hold the northern

Ardennen 1944. Nach dem Entsatz von Bastogne durch die 4th Armored Division, sollte der Einschliessungsring durch die deutschen Truppen wieder geschlossen werden. Dazu wurde auch die im Oktober 1944 aufgestellte 167. Volksgrenadierdivision in den Einsatzraum verlegt. Am 30.12.1944 begann der Einsatz, der am 20.01.1945, nach schweren Verlusten, mit einem Rückzug aus dem Einsatzgebiet endete. Dieses Buch erzählt die Geschichte der 167. Voksgrenadierdivision, während der letzten großen deutschen Of

Charles Whiting is Britain's most prolific military writer with over 250 books to his credit. He saw active service in the Second World War, serving in an armoured reconnaissance regiment attached to both the US and British armies. He is therefore able to write with the insight and authority of someone who, as a combat soldier, actually experienced the horrors of World War II.

<p>Frank Adam ist das Pseudonym von Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Ingenkamp (1925-2015). Er hat Geschichte und Psychologie studiert und als Erziehungswissenschaftler ein bekanntes Forschungsinstitut geleitet. Im Ruhestand wandte er sich seinem Hobby, der Geschichte der britischen Flotte, zu, und hat erfolgreich zwei historischer Seekriegs-Reihen geschrieben: die Abenteuer des David Winter und Sven Larssons Erlebnisse im amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg.</p>

The Somme is a name with particular resonance for the people of Britain, for here, in 1916, the flower of her youth was cut down. Terrible though that day was, it takes its place in a wider story: the long, painful process of learning how to fight a new kind of war. From the war movement of 1914, when the French fought on the fields of the Somme, the conflict evolved to massive frontal assaults by the British and Allied troops in 1916. Here the first tank was first used in September 1916. Increa

The day after the Battle of Balaklava, the Russians attempted an armed reconnaissance of the Allied right flank aimed at the exposed Inkermann position, but the remnants of the British 2nd Division bloodily repulsed them. This book describes the battle.

In 1943, as war raged along the Eastern Front, the German forces attempted to push further east in the brutal Operation Citadel, which saw one of the largest armoured clashes in history: the Battle of Prokhorovka. Countered by two Soviet attacks, this operation saw the tide turn on the Eastern Front. For the first time a German offensive was halted in its tracks and the Soviets ended the conflict as the decisive victors. With a loss of over 200,000 men on both sides, this two-month clash was one

In the summer of 1941, a collective madness overtook Adolf Hitler and his senior generals. They convinced themselves that they could take on and defeat a superpower in the making – the Soviet Union. Foolishly, they thought in a swift campaign they could smash the Red Army and force Stalin to sue for peace, despite dire warnings that Stalin was amassing a reserve army of more than 1 million men on the Volga. The end result would be such carnage that it would tear the German forces apart. In his m

Nach Jahrzehnten der Kriege wollen der Kurfürst und die Bonner die letzten ausländischen Besatzer loswerden. Aber die Niederländer sind hartnäckig. Zum Schluss müssen sie mit Nachdruck aus der Stadt gejagt werden.

Late summer 1643 saw the Royalists in the English Civil War at the height of their military success. After three months of almost unbroken victories, the king's forces had gained control of much of the north and west of England, whilst Prince Rupert's seemingly invincible cavalry raided out from Oxford to the outskirts of London, Parliament's stronghold. In July the wave of Royalist successes climaxed with the storming of Bristol. It seemed that one more success might

Né en 1884 et mort en 1941, Louis Roubaud était, dans la droite filiation d'Albert Londres, ce que l'on appellerait aujourd'hui, un "journaliste d'investigation", reporter, écrivain et aventurier, publiant des grands reportages sur les faits de société son temps. Il s'intéressa ainsi aux bagnes, à la prostitution clandestine (Prostitution, Troublante Énigme, 1936), au crime organisé (Un homme nu dans une malle, 1938), à l'univers de la mode (Au Pays des Mannequins, 1928) et écrivit révéla au gra

The Siege of Mafeking remains one of the most renowned actions of the Second Boer War, with the British Army defeating a Boer force of up to 8,000 men with barely 1,500 troops. In a siege that lasted 217 days, Robert Baden-Powell and his troops withheld attack from the Boers against all the odds and Mafeking was finally relieved on 17 May 1900. It caused much public excitement in Victorian Britain, with Baden-Powell emerging as a national hero. If you want to understand what happened and why – r

Few battles attract interest so much as the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle, the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943, has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of armour in the history of warfare. Long been depicted as the 'the swan song of the German tank arm' by virtue of the huge tank losses experienced by the Germans; the reality, in light of the emergence of new information proved it to be anyt

The fall of Singapore 1942 was one of the most decisive defeats of British and Commonwealth troops in the Second World War, driven primarily by Allied complacency. If you want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story: - Detailed profiles explore the military backgrounds of the Allied and Japanese leaders, - Comprehensive maps bring you close to the action with informative details of tactical layout of Singapore Island, - Photographs allow you to get to know the faces, equipment a

The greatest airborne operation in history commenced on 17 September 1944. Nine days later nearly four out five of the British 1st Airborne Division and their Polish comrades would be killed, wounded or captured as Germany secured her last great battlefield victory of the war. The ferocious and gallant actions in Arnhem and Oosterbeek have fascinated historians and students ever since. Drawing extensively on eye-witness experience and unit diaries, and providing a detailed tactical and technical

La lecture de l'article d'Élisée Reclus « La guerre du Paraguay », qu'il publia dans la Revue des Deux Mondes le 15 décembre 1867, montre que malgré son point de vue a priori favorable au Paraguay (qu'il compare à la France révolutionnaire) il fait une analyse pénétrante des rapports de force entre les belligérants et anticipe les conséquences du conflit. Dans cette guerre, qui opposait le Paraguay à la « Triple Alliance » (Argentine, Brésil, Uruguay), la situation militaire était alors bloquée

Die Kombination aus persönlichen Aufzeichnungen und erhaltenen Feldpostbriefen an die Familie, läßt beim Leser ein besonders authentisches und lebendiges Bild der Gefühls- und Gedankenwelt eines jungen, deutschnational erzogen und denkenden Gebirgsjäger-Offiziers der damaligen Zeit entstehen. Der in München geboren und aufgewachsene Gottfried Ettmayr nahm mit dem Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99, an den Feldzügen gegen Frankreich und Jugoslawien teil, war Teilnehmer im Angriff auf die Sowjetunion im So

Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read this battle story.
Detailed profiles explore the leaders, tactics and equipment of the US and Japanese armies. Nine specially commissioned maps track the progress of the battle and the shifting frontlines. Rare photographs place you in the centre of the unfoldin

The siege of Tobruk was the longest in British military history. The coastal fortress and deep-water port was of crucial importance to the battle for North Africa, and the key that would unlock the way to Egypt and the Suez Canal. For almost a year the isolated garrison held out against all attempts to take it, and in the process Tobruk assumed a propaganda role that outweighed its great strategic value, becoming a potent symbol of resistance when the war was going badly for the British. Goebbel

Karl-Heinz Frieser ist Oberst a. D. des Heeres der deutschen Bundeswehr und Militärhistoriker. Von 1985 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2009 arbeitete er am Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamt (MGFA) in Freiburg im Breisgau und Potsdam und war dort seit 2002 Leiter des Forschungsbereiches „Zeitalter der Weltkriege“.

"Im Lande der weißen Ritter". Erleben wir die Goten, die deutschen Ordensritter, die Kaschuben, die Polen und die Preußen in ihrer wechselvollen Geschichte. Gewinnen wir einen Einblick in die Historie Westpreußens. - Die Eiche von Thorn - Des Landmeisters Weichselfahrt - Die Kulmische Handfeste - Kampf und Sieg an der Sorge - Der neue Damm - Herzog Sambor und sein Land - Herr Meinhard von Querfurt - Besiedlung im Werder - Im Ordenshause - Zwei Weichselstädte - Ostmärkischer Wein - Die Schlacht

The Allied invasion of occupied France began by delivering three airborne and six infantry divisions onto a 60-mile stretch of the Normandy coast. Accomplishing this involved over 1,200 transport aircraft, 450 gliders, 325 assorted warships and more than 4,000 landing vessels. The first 72 hours of the D-Day invasion were pivotal – from the initial airborne landings in the early hours of Tuesday 6 June 1944 we follow the Allied attackers and their German opponents hour-by-hour as they fought unt

In July 1943, Hitler launched Operation Zitadelle, the last German offensive on the Eastern Front. It was an attempt to shorten the German lines by eliminating the Kursk salient and was designed to result in the encirclement of the Red Army. In reality, the German tanks came up against impenetrable Russian defences: minefields, artillery and anti-tank emplacements, spread through lines 250km deep and manned by Russian troops whose actions often verged on the suicidal. The greatest tank battle in

By the end of January 1968 the American people thought their armed forces were winning in South Vietnam after three years of escalating conflict. Then the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong struck back, hitting military and political targets across the country. While the NVA and Viet Cong suffered a military defeat, they dealt a huge blow to US support for the war. If you want to understand what happened and why − read Battle Story. Detailed profiles examine the background of the opposing comma

Die Geschichte der französischen Fremdenlegion ist in weiten Teilen die Geschichte der in ihr dienenden Deutschen. Sehr lange Zeit stellten sie die mit Abstand größte Gruppe unter den Abenteurern, Verzweifelten und Ex-Soldaten, die bei der Legion anheuerten. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zogen Zehntausende Deutsche für Frankreich in den Krieg und kämpften in Indochina oder Algerien oder zuletzt im Mali-Einsatz der französischen Armee 2013.
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The Battle of Verdun was one of the bloodiest engagements of the First World War, resulting in 698,000 deaths, 70,000 for each of the 10 months of battle. The French Army in the area were decimated and it is often most tragically remembered as the battle in which the French were 'bled white'. A potent symbol of French resistance, the fortress town of Verdun was one that the French Army was loath to relinquish easily. It was partly for this reason that the German commander chose to launch a major

Of all the costly campaigns fought across the Western Front during the First World War, none strikes a more chilling chord than Passchendaele. Even now, more than ninety years on, the very mention of the name is enough to conjure up apocalyptic images of desolation and misery on a quite bewildering scale – humanity drowning in a sea of mud. Passchendaele has come to serve as a symbol of the folly and futility of war, chiefly remembered for its carnage and profligate waste of human lives. It also

Lord Cardigan's cavalry charge on 25 October 1854 at the battle of Balaclava 'into the valley of death' is surely one of the most famous actions in military history. Is there anything new to say about it in print? Yes there is, because most publications have concentrated on commanding officers Lucan, Cardigan and the fatal actions of Nolan. But there were 670 men in the charge and by collating the evidence from the many eyewitnesses James Bancroft offers a new and more accurate appraisal of even

The battle of Loos was one of the most hard-fought battles that the British Expeditionary Force waged during the First World War. This work presents an interpretation of Loos, placing it not only within its political and strategic context, but also discussing command and control and the tactical realities of war on the Western Front during 1915.