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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Best of After the Battle: Then and Now
Book SynopsisIt was nearly half a century ago that After the Battle first began visiting the battlefields of the Second World War, matching up photographs of the period with their present-day comparisons. Our 'then and now' theme caught on with like-minded readers around the world, all interested to know what the places looked like today - as we say 'keeping history alive'. Searching for the locations where the wartime captions were imprecise, took much time, and there were occasions when a whole day might be spent in pin-pointing where a particular photograph had been taken. No stone was left unturned if a particular comparison was important to illustrate the story, even if it meant a special visit to take one photo. Most of the battlefields have changed over the years so it has been our intention where possible to illustrate many of the places with new colour comparisons rather than use those in the original story, many of which were taken in the old black and white days. Since we launched our first edition in August 1973, After the Battle has travelled around the globe and has covered hundreds of battles - over 750 at the last count and taken thousands of photographs, covering major operations down to individual exploits. Selecting a cross-section of just a few from the stories that we have covered has not been easy, but we hope that you will find some of your favourites within the pages of this volume, covering the best of After the Battle. 750 illustrations
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battles for Monte Cassino Then and Now
Book SynopsisThe Battles for Cassino encompassed one of the few truly international conflicts of the Second World War. A strategic town on the road to Rome, the fighting lasted four months and cost the lives of more than 14,000 men from eight nations. Between January and May 1944, forces from Britain, Canada, France, India, New Zealand, Poland and the United States, fought a resolute German army in a series of battles in which the advantage swung back and forth, from one side to the other. From fire-fights in the mountains to tank attacks in the valley; from river crossings to street fighting, the four battles of Cassino encompass a series of individual operations unique in the history of the Second World War. Authors Jeff Plowman and Perry Rowe have spent several years studying the conflict together and walking the battlefield to take the hundreds of comparison photographs which are the raison d'etre of all After the Battle publications. Photographs have been selected from archives and private collections around the world to present a balanced view, combined with maps, orders of battle, citations and detailed captions. The Cassino battles, epitomised by the controversial bombing of the monastery which towers menacingly over the battlefield, stand at the centre of the Italian campaign. The dogged defence by a 100,000 men of the German XIV. Panzerkorps under General Frido von Senger und Etterlin, facing a greater multi-national force, was only routed in the end by a gallant French flanking manoeuvre, with the Poles marking the final victory by hoisting their national flag over the ruins of the Monastery.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Flanders Then and Now After the Battle S
Book SynopsisThe author recreates, with contemporary photographs alongside others taken by him plus eyewitness accounts and narrative, the atmosphere, past and present, of that once famous salient. He aims to present a tribute to the men who fought with such courage and tenacity in the horrendous conditions.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Berlin Intelligence Map
Book SynopsisPublished specially by After the Battle to coincide with the suspension of Allied occupation rights in Berlin in October 1990, this map was produced in 1944 by the War Office and lists the location and use of all important buildings in Berlin to be used in the occupation of the city. Every building associated with the Reich Government, NSDAP, police, fire service, Reichsbahn, U-Bahn, hospitals, telephone exchanges, embassies, prisons, etc., is numbered and referenced to an index printed on the reverse of the map. This sheet covers the central area at 1:12500.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Home Front in Britain Then and Now
Book SynopsisFor nigh-on half a century, After the Battle has been exploring and photographing the battlefields of the Second World War, but now it is time to look at events nearer to home. Following the fall of France in June 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany until the first American soldiers began arriving in Britain in January 1942. At that time the only active `Battle Front’ was in North Africa, yet the Home Front played a vital role in preparing a secure base for the eventual liberation of Europe. The Home Front has been described in many ways but this volume offers a snapshot of life in Britain during 1939 to 1945, illustrated with many `then and now’ comparison photos.Table of ContentsPreamble to War Britain Prepares for War Operation `Pied Piper’ Air Raid Precautions Shelter Protection Rationing The Black-out Gas Masks Invasion Leaflets The Parachute Mine Churchill’s Heroines The Women’s Land Army The Big Guns Detention and Internment The Battle Begins The Blitz Entertainment Guide for US Servicemen The Victory Parade The Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Red Army Towards the Oder
Book SynopsisThis book brings together three After the Battle stories documenting the advance on the Oder and the long-draw-out struggles for the bridgeheads over it.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Before Endeavours Fade
Book SynopsisNOW UPDATED AND IN COLOUR. From the Belgian coast, across the fields of Flanders, over the valley of the Somme and down the line to the Argonne: all the major battlefields of the First World War -- Ypres, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens, St Quentin, Mons, Le Cateau, Reims, Verdun and St Mihiel -- are criss-crossed in this book over more than thirty different routes, each clearly shown on a Michelin map. Every significant feature is described in detail. Indispensable for anyone contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France, this book combines the years of knowledge, travel and research of its author, Rose Coombs, who worked at the Imperial War Museum in London for nearly forty years. Since her death in 1991, After the Battle's Editor, Karel Margry, has travelled every route, checking and revising the text where necessary, as well as re-photographing every -memorial. Many new ones are included, yet we have striven to keep true to the flavour of Rose's original concept ...before endeavours fade.Table of ContentsIntroduction by the Author; About this book; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Demarcation Stones; The Poppy Legend; Battlefield Debris; CALAIS-YPRES Route I via Bergues; CALAIS-YPRES Route II via Cassel; CALAIS-YPRES Route III via St Omer; ZEEBRUGGE-YPRES The Yser Battlefield - Battles of the Ypres Salient 1914-1918. Summary; YPRES; YPRES YPRES SALIENT BATTLEFIELD TOUR; Route I The Northern Sector; Route II The North-eastern Sector; Route III The Eastern Sector; Route IV The South-eastern Sector; Route V The Rear Areas; THE ROAD SOUTH; ARRAS THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME ARRAS-CAMBRAI; Route I via Monchy-le-Preux ARRAS-CAMBRAI; Route II via Bullecourt; FIVE ROUTES TO MONS; MONS; MONS MONS BATTLEFIELD TOUR; MONS TO LE CATEAU; LE CATEAU LE CATEAU TO AMIENS; AMIENS TO CALAIS; Route I via Abbeville; AMIENS TO CALAIS; Route II via St Pol-sur-Ternoise; ST QUENTIN TO REIMS; The Chemin des Dames and the Champagne Battlefields; REIMS TO VERDUN; The Argonne Battlefield; VERDUN; VERDUN BATTLEFIELD TOUR; THE ST MIHIEL SALIENT; REIMS TO COMPIEGNE; THE BATTLE OF FROMELLES; INDEX.
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LEGARE STREET PR Hospital Scenes After the Battle of Gettysburg July 1863
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Third Reich: Then and Now
Book SynopsisSixty years have elapsed since the cataclysmic demise of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich. In this book Tony Le Tissier (author of Berlin Then and Now) traces the rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party and its ramifications, together with its deeds and accomplishments, during the twelve years that the Third Reich existed within today's boundaries of the Federal Republics of Germany and Austria. The homes - or sites of them - of the dramatis personnae; the Nazi legends of their martyrs; the sites of the former Third Reich shrines at the Obersalzberg; in Munich; Nuremberg; Bayreuth, and in Berlin; the Hitler Youth schools and the Party colleges; the 'euthanasia' killing centres; the concentration camps, and much much more. Tony then follows the progress of Hitler's war: from the attack on Poland on September 1, 1939 to defeat in Berlin and the final round-up at Flensburg in May 1945. A final chapter covers the de-Nazification of Germany, the whole volume being illustrated by 'then and now' comparison photographs which are the central theme of After the Battle.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ADOLF HITLER AND THE THIRD REICH The Making of a Dictator THE INNER CIRCLE Martin Bormann Joseph Goebbels Hermann Goring Rudolf Hess Heinrich Himmler Albert Speer Joachim von Ribbentrop Julius Streicher Hitler's Courtiers THE EARLY BEGINNINGS The Munich Putsch THE MARTYRS Leo Schlageter Horst Wessel Herbert Norkus The Feldherrnhalle 16 MUNICH 'Hauptstadt der Bewegung' - The Capital of the Movement NUREMBERG 'Hauptstadt der Partei' - The Capital of the Party BAYREUTH 'Hauptstadt der Kultur' - The Cultural Capital BERLIN 'Reichshauptstadt - Capital of the Reich THE IDEOLOGICAL ORGANISATIONS Labour and Welfare Schools and Colleges The Ordensburgen Schutzstaffel - The SS THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS Dachau Sachsenhausen Buchenwald Mauthausen Flossenburg Neuengamme Ravensbruck Bergen-Belsen THE SECOND WORLD WAR BEGINS Hitler the Warlord The Flensburg Government DE-NAZIFICATION
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Falklands War: Then and Now
Book SynopsisIn 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands Islands - ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century - would put an end to years of political wrangling. However Britain's response was to immediately dispatch a task force to recover the islands by force if necessary. The 'conflict' which followed (a formal declaration of war was never given) lasted ten weeks from Argentine invasion to British liberation, the white heat of battle using 20th century technology contrasting with bitter hand-to-hand bayonet fighting in inhospitable conditions. This title features eyewitness accounts by the participants of both sides and islanders that leave us in no doubt as to the ferocity of the combat on land, sea and in the air. Its comparison photography in colour of all the battlefields, the crash sites of the aircraft shot down, the relics and the remains, together with portraits of those who lost their lives and the battlefield memorials, serve as a graphic testimony to their endeavours, 25 years after the battle. "A Roll of Honour" lists the casualties of both sides and, for the first time, the graves of all the British fallen - both on the islands and the United Kingdom - have been visited and photographed as a lasting record of all those who made the supreme sacrifice I what is most probably Britain's last colonial war.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Villers-Bocage Through the Lens
Book SynopsisVillers-Bocage has, for years, been the battle that confirmed the reputation of Germany's greatest tank ace, Michael Wittmann. In this book the battle is analysed in depth for the first time through detailed examination of the images taken by war photographers after the town was captured by German forces. The claims made of the battle are re-appraised, and the arguments set out in dozens of published accounts have been compared with primary evidence never utilised before, and evaluated anew. Perhaps the two most striking �revelations come from German sources. First, graphically, by the study of the 100 photographs taken by the Germans the day after the battle. Secondly, from Wittmann's own account which refutes many of the claims of historians attempting to glamorise the action.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Invasion Airfields Then and Now
Book SynopsisIn his 1945 report to the Combined Chiefs-of-Staff on the success of Operation `Overlord', the Supreme Commander General Eisenhower wrote that `on the morning of June 9 I was able to announce that for the first time since 1940, Allied air forces were operating from France, and that within three weeks of D-Day, 31 Allied squadrons were operating from the beach-head bases'. In their forecasts for the first three months following D-Day, the planners plotted the number of the advanced landing grounds that would be required in Normandy to support the Allied air forces up to September 1944. Using maps and aerial photographs, individual sites were surveyed and plans drawn up so that when each location was captured, either US Aviation Engineers, the Royal Engineers or RAF Airfield Construction Wings, could move in without delay to begin work to build them. This book tells the story of every airfield that became operational by D+90, explaining the methods used to construct them and the units that flew from them. The vast majority of the temporary airstrips have now been returned to the farmland from which they came, but by using engineers' plans from the period and modern aerial photographs, we have portrayed the sites in true After the Battle fashion: as they were then and as they are today.Table of ContentsJUNE 7th ELS-1 Pouppeville B-1 Asnelles-sur-Mer A-21C St Laurent-sur-Mer 15th B-3 Ste Croix-sur-Mer 16th A-3 Cardonville B-2 Bazenville 17th A-1 St Pierre-du-Mont A-2 Cricqueville A-6 Beuzeville 18th B-4 Beny-sur-Mer A-4 Deux-Jumeaux 20th B-6 Coulombs 24th B-5 Camilly A-10 Carentan 25th B-7 Martragny B-11 Longues-sur-Mer 27th B-10 Plumetot B-9 Lantheuil A-7 Azeville 29th B-8 Sommervieu A-8 Picauville JULY 3rd A-14 Cretteville A-15 Maupertus 5th A-9 Le Molay 6th A-5 Chippelle 7th A-12 Lignerolles A-16 Brucheville 8th B-15 Ryes 13th A-22C Colleville 16th B-12 Ellon 17th A-24C Biniville 19th A-13 Tour-en-Bessin 25th B-17 Carpiquet 29th A-23C Querqueville AUGUST 6th A-11 St Lambert 7th B-14 Amblie A-25C Bolleville 8th B-18 Cristot 10th A-27 Rennes 11th A-31 Gael 13th B-19 Lingevres A-30C Courtils 14th A-28 Pontorson B-21 Ste Honorine-de-Ducy 15th A-19 La Vieille 16th A-17 Meautis 18th A-33N Vannes 20th B-16 Villons-les-Buissons A-29 St James 23rd A-40D Chartres 24th A-41 Dreux 26th A-20 Lessay 28th B-24 St Andre-de-l'Eure B-26 Illiers-l'Eveque A-36 St Leonard B-30 Creton A-39 Chateaudun A-48 Bretigny 29th B-28 Evreux A-35 Le Mans A42D Villacoublay A-46 Toussus-le-Noble 30th A-26 Gorges 31st A-18 St Jean-de-Daye SEPTEMBER 1st B-27 Boisney B-33 Campneuseville B-34 Avrilly 2nd B-29 Valailles B-40/A-61 Beauvais/Tille A-43 St Marceau 3rd B-23 La Rue Huguenot B-48 Amiens/Glisy A-34 Gorron 4th A-44 Peray Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Bases of Bomber Command Then and Now
Book SynopsisSixty years ago over 100 aerodromes in east and north-eastern England were occupied by the men and machines of RAF Bomber Command. The tenure of the majority of the bases was brief - some six years - but during that time more than 55,000 men lost their lives while flying from them to attack targets on the Continent. Split into seven operational groups, the airfields of Bomber Command formed the cornerstone of Britain's efforts to carry on the war against Germany in the years before the landings in Normandy. Thereafter they played their part in the battle against the V-weapons with one of the last raids of the war being carried out against Hitler's personal mountain retreat. Each airfield has been explored and photographed in the "then and now" style of Roger Freeman's previous books for After the Battle on the US Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. The physical development, construction and operational history of every airfield is described in detail and all are illustrated with wartime and present-day aerial photographs.
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HardPress Publishing After the Battle of Dorking Or What Became of the Invaders
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British Library, Historical Print Editions A Narrative of the Battle of St Vincent With Anecdotes of Nelson Before and After the Battle Second Edition
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LEGARE STREET PR What Happened After the Battle of Dorking
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LEGARE STREET PR What Happened After the Battle of Dorking
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Operation 'Torch' The Invasion of North Africa:
Book SynopsisIn 2012 Jean Paul Pallud wrote the After the Battle account of the Desert War; now he completes the story with detailed coverage of the landings of Operation `Torch’ in North-West Africa in November 1942. When the western Allies decided to launch a second front in North Africa, they carefully considered the anti-British feeling left in France by the ill-advised attack by the Royal Navy on the French Fleet at Mers el Kébir in July 1940. Consequently, the operation was given an American rather than a British complexion, General Eisenhower was chosen to lead a mostly American force into battle and the major Royal Navy contribution was kept as inconspicuous as possible. At this point in the war, the Allies had almost no experience with amphibious operations and it was a risky undertaking to carry out such an immense operation covering multiple landings over 600 miles apart. Even more amazing was the fact that part of the invasion forces was to depart from the United States, 6,000 miles away. As the orders were not confirmed until a month before Operation `Torch’ was launched, there was very little time to organise such a logistically complex operation involving American and British forces, and even less time for the pro-Allied French to organise more than small measures of support. There were two landings in the Mediterranean, at three main points near Algiers and three near Oran, and three landings on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. There, the main landing came ashore at Fédala, 18 miles north-east of Casablanca, and the armour was brought ashore at Safi, 140 miles south-east. In spite of all the difficulties, the landings all went well and the operation quickly achieved all of its initial objectives. However, the Germans reacted swiftly and, with little Allied interference, they rushed in reinforcements to Tunisia by air and sea. The Allies were thus drawn into a six-month campaign in Tunisia, the First Army from Operation `Torch’ soon joining hands with the Eighth Army advancing from Libya to finally clear Axis presence along the southern shore of the Mediterranean. This operation marked the first time that American troops fought against German forces during the Second World War. They had a rough baptism of fire in southern Tunisia in February 1943, training, equipment and leadership failed in many instances to meet the requirements of the battlefield, but the US Army was quick to learn and revise army doctrines, particularly with respect to the use of armour. The successful campaign created thousands of seasoned soldiers of all ranks whose experience would prove decisive in subsequent campaigns. The next test was only two months away — the invasion of Sicily. In addition, Operation `Torch’ brought the French army back into the war. Most important of all, the Allies had seized the initiative in the West.
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LEGARE STREET PR Report on the Operations of the Sanitary Commission During and After the Battles at Gettysburg July 1st 2d and 3d 1863
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HardPress Publishing Memorials of the Late War ... Journal of a Soldier of the SeventyFirst Regiment Highland Light Infantry from 1806 to 1815. the Spanish Campaign of 1808 by Adam Neale. Despatch After the Battle of Corunna by Sir John Hope. Reminiscences of a
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LEGARE STREET PR Report on the Operations of the Sanitary Commission During and After the Battles at Gettysburg July 1st 2d and 3d 1863
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Zulu War Then and Now After the Battle S
Book SynopsisThis work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. It contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides and additional chapters cover what remains to be seen today, in museums, the battlefields, and the lonely graves of the fallen.
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HardPress Publishing A Narrative of the Wanderings of Prince Charles Edward After the Battle of Culloden Until He Put Himself Under the Guidance of Flora Macdonald 1
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Hardpress Publishing A Narrative of the Battle of St Vincent With Anecdotes of Nelson Before and After That Battle 1
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LEGARE STREET PR Boscobel Or The History Of His Majesties charles Ii. Miraculous Preservation After The Battle Of Worcester 3 Sept. 1651
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Life After Battle
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HardPress Publishing Boscobel Or the History of His Sacred Majesties Preservation After the Battle of Worcester by T Blount With a Suppl to the Whole 1
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Hardpress Publishing An Exact Account of All That Passed at Prague from the French Armys Flight Thither After the Battle Between the King of Prussia and Prince Charles an Engineer in the French Army at Prague 1
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HardPress Publishing An Account of the Preservation of King Charles Ii. After the Battle of Worcester Drawn up by Himself to Which Are Added His Letters to Several Persons Ed. by Sir D. Dalrymple
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British Library, Historical Print Editions An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester drawn up by himself Dictated to Samuel Pepys at Newmarket in persons Edited by Sir David Dalrymple
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The History Press Ltd The Scum of the Earth
Book SynopsisRevealing how the men of Waterloo were left to languish after the battle, often homeless and penniless – history’s heroes forgotten are now remembered
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British Library, Historical Print Editions The Flight of the King being a full true and particular account of the miraculous escape of King Charles II after the battle of Worcester With numerous sketches etc
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Creative Media Partners, LLC The Royal Miracle a Collection of Rare Tracts Broadsides Letters Prints Ballads Concerning the Wanderings of Charles II. After the Battle of Worcester September 3October 15 1651
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Creative Media Partners, LLC The Royal Miracle a Collection of Rare Tracts Broadsides Letters Prints Ballads Concerning the Wanderings of Charles II. After the Battle of Worcester September 3October 15 1651
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Legare Street Press The Royal Miracle microform a Collection of Rare Tracts Broadsides Letters Prints Ballads Concerning the Wanderings of Charles II. After the Battle of Worcester September 3October 15 1651
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Legare Street Press Ascanius Or the Young Adventurer. With a Journal of the Miraculous Adventures and Escape of the Young Chevalier After the Battle of Culloden By J. Burton
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University of Tennessee Press The Untold Story of Shiloh: The Battle and the Battlefield
Book SynopsisAt the mention of Shiloh, most tend to think of two particularly bloody and crucial days in April 1862. The complete story, however, encompasses much more history than that of the battle itself. While several accounts have taken a comprehensive approach to Shiloh, significant gaps still remain in the collective understanding of the battle and battlefield.In The Untold Story of Shiloh, Timothy B. Smith fills in those gaps, looking beyond two days of battle and offering unique insight into the history of unexplored periods and topics concerning the Battle of Shiloh and the Shiloh National Military Park.This collection of essays, some previously unpublished, tackles a diverse range of subjects, including Shiloh's historiography, the myths about the battle that were created, and the mindsets that were established after the battle. The book reveals neglected military aspects of the battle, such as the naval contribution, the climax of the Shiloh campaign at Corinth, and the soldiers' views of the battle. The essays also focus on the Shiloh National Military Park's establishment and continuation with particular emphasis on those who played key roles in its creation.Taken together, the essays tell the overall story of Shiloh in greater detail than ever before. General readers and historians alike will discover that The Untold Story of Shiloh is an important contribution to their understanding of this crucial episode in the Civil War.Timothy B. Smith is on staff at the Shiloh National Military Park. He is author of Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg and This Great Battlefield of Shiloh: History, Memory, and the Establishment of a Civil War National Military Park.
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The Battle of the Somme
Book SynopsisPublished as a short work just a year after the battle, John Buchan's account of the first two phases of the Battle of the Somme, one of bloodiest battles of the Great War, leap off the page a century on. Buchan goes beyond the first day of the Somme to provide a valuable account of the extended battle and the strategy used.
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Canelo Battle Lord
Book SynopsisThe battle for England is over. The fight for Wulfbury has just begun.AD 1066. Cerdic is a prisoner of war. Captured after the Battle of Hastings, his fate is in the hands of the victorious Norman count Cynric, who is in no mood to feed and look after worthless Englishmen as the army moves inland. His survival depends on his ability to convince them of his value.Cerdic’s sole bargaining chip is his lordship of Wulfbury, a small stronghold in Northumberia, following the deaths of his father, its earl, and elder brother in the invasions. If he can entice them with the lure of this fiefdom, he may yet survive.But the fortress is held by a ferocious band of Vikings, who will not give it up without a fight. Will Cerdic be able to convince the Norman knights to let him live, or will his fate be the same as so many other Englishmen lying on the battlefield of Senlac Ridge?A gripping historical adventure perfect for fans of Christian Cameron and David Gilman.
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Kapon Editions The Battle of Marathon: A Historical and
Book SynopsisThe scholarly interest in the Battle of Marathon remains undiminished. This book presents all the ancient sources and all the scientific theories concerning the battle of Marathon. It provides a full bibliography (from the 17th century to the present day), richly illustrated with old maps. It proposes exciting and original solutions to all the historical issues surrounding this battle of cosmic importance, fought in 490 BC. Historian Christos Dionysopoulos goes head-to-head with 669 authors and 913 articles and books, emerging triumphant with a detailed study which casts light on the events, discovers unseen aspects and proposes interesting and original solutions to the questions surrounding this historic battle. The Academy of Athens awarded a prize for this study, judging it ‘to constitute the fullest, most comprehensive and most scholarly approach to the Battle of Marathon’, and that the author, with his talent for analysis and synthesis, has ‘contributed an archaeological and historical monograph of great significance for the subject of the battle which will underpin scholarship for many years to come’.Trade ReviewThe Academy of Athens has awarded a prize for this study, judging it 'to constitute the fullest, most comprehensive and most scholarly approach to the Battle of Marathon and that the author, with his talent for analysis and synthesis, has contributed an archaeological and historical monograph of great significance for the subject of the battle which will underpin scholarship for many years to come' (Academy of Athens Award, December 2014).Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION FOREWORD THE PERSIAN CAMPAIGN 490 BC Ι. From Cilicia to the Aegean and Euboea ΙΙ. Marathon (HDT., VI.102–124) THE ROUTES THE FORCES TIMEFRAME Ι. The year, month and day of the battle ΙΙ. The timing of the battle ΙΙΙ. The duration of the battle ΙV. The voyage to Phaleron LOCATION Ι. General overview ΙΙ. The demes of Marathon BEFORE THE BATTLE Ι. The anchorage and the encampment of the Persians ΙΙ. The Athenian encampment ΙΙΙ. The battle positions of the opposing forces THE MONUMENTS THE BATTLE THE STRATEGY OF THE OPPONENTS, THE BATTLE LINES AND THE STAGES OF THE BATTLE AFTER THE BATTLE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF VICTORY, THE THREAT TO ATHENS AND THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD DEDICATIONS TO THE GODS THE TROPHY HONOURING THE MARATHONOMACHΟI AND OTHER COMMEMORATIONS OF THE VICTORY THE REASONS FOR THE PERSIAN DEFEAT AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VICTORY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VICTORY ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Ι. SOURCES ΙΙ. PEOPLE, PLACES AND TERMS
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Normandy 1944
Book SynopsisA concise, illustrated account of one of the most famous offensives in European history.D-Day, 6 June 1944, saw the largest amphibious landing operation in history. From ports and harbours on the southern coast of England, an armada of troopships and landing craft launched the Allied return to mainland Europe. Stephen Badsey provides a concise account of the Normandy campaign, from the fiercely contested landings, to the struggle to capture Caen, the ''Cobra'' offensive and the dramatic pursuit of the Germans to the River Seine.This was the crucial campaign of the Western theatre: after the Battle of Normandy the only question was how soon the war would end, not who would win it.Table of ContentsThe Origins of the Battle/The Opposing Commanders/The Opposing Armies/The Opposing Plans/The Battle of Normandy/The Aftermath of the Battle/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/The Battlefield Today/Wargaming Normandy
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Casemate Publishers The Last Siege: The Mobile Campaign, Alabama 1865
Book SynopsisIt has long been acknowledged that General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Army Northern Virginia ended the Civil War at the battle of Appomattox in April 1865. But even after that battle, Union leaders were not certain the rest of the Southern armies would lay down their arms. The oft-overlooked siege of Mobile was crucial to securing a complete victory and the final surrender of the last Confederate force east of the Mississippi River. After the fall of New Orleans in 1862, Mobile became the most important Confederate port city on the Gulf Coast. In 1864 Union forces won the battle of Mobile Bay, but failed to capture the city of Mobile. Mobile remained an important logistical center, with access to major rail lines and two major river systems, essential in moving reinforcements, ordnance and other supplies. By late 1864, Mobile was one of the last significant Gulf Coast cities east of the Mississippi still held by the Confederacy. A lynchpin in the ability of the Southerners to continue fighting, Mobile’s capture became one of the keys to ending the war. The Last Siege describes the entire campaign of Mobile in spring of 1865, from Union and Confederate camp life in the weeks prior to the invasion, through cavalry operations, the Federal feint movement at Cedar Point, naval operations in Mobile Bay, the tread-way escape from Spanish Fort, to the evacuation of Mobile. It overturns the popular notion that Mobile was predominantly a pro-Union town that wholeheartedly welcomed the Federals. It also uses a variety of primary sources to highlight the bravery of the men who fought in this important campaign, which culminated in the final surrender at Citronelle on May 4, 1865.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Great Waterloo Controversy: The Story of the
Book SynopsisAs the Battle of Waterloo reached its momentous climax, Napoleon's Imperial Guard marched towards the Duke of Wellington's thinning red line. The Imperial Guard had never tasted defeat and nothing, it seemed, could stop it smashing through the British ranks. But it was the Imperial Guard that was sent reeling back in disorder, its columns ravaged by the steady volleys of the British infantry. The credit for defeating the Imperial Guard went to the 1st Foot Guards, which was consequently honoured for its actions by being renamed the Grenadier Guards. The story did not stop there, however, as the 52nd Foot also contributed to the defeat of the Imperial Guard yet received no comparable recognition. The controversy of which corps deserved the credit for defeating the Imperial Guard has continued down the decades and has rightly become a highly contentious subject over which much ink has been spilled. But now, thanks to the uncovering of the previously unpublished journal of Charles Holman of the 52nd Foot, Gareth Glover is able to piece together the exact sequence of events in those final, fatal moments of the great battle. Along with numerous other first-hand accounts, Gareth Glover has been able to understand the most likely sequence of events, the reaction to these events immediately after the battle and how it was seen within the army in the days after the victory. Who did Wellington honour at the time? How did the Foot Guards gain much of the credit in London? Was there an establishment cover-up? Were the 52nd robbed of their glory? Do the recent much-publicised arguments stand up to impartial scrutiny? _The Great Waterloo Controversy_ is the definitive answer to these questions and will finally end this centuries-old conundrum.
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Savas Beatie September Mourn: The Dunker Church of Antietam
Book SynopsisThe Dunker Church is one of the most iconic structures of the American Civil War. Surprisingly, few people know much if anything about its fascinating story or the role it played within the community of Sharpsburg and its importance during and after the Battle of Antietam. September Mourn: The Dunker Church of Antietam by Alann D. Schmidt and Terry W. Barkley rectifies this oversight in the first book-length study of its kind. On September 17, 1862, two mighty armies grappled across the rolling hills, fields, and woodlots surrounding Sharpsburg, Maryland. The combat left more than 23,000 Union and Confederate soldiers killed, wounded, or captured, repulsed Lee’s invading Virginia army, and paved the way for the Emancipation Proclamation. Ironically, in the epicenter of that bloodiest day in American history stood a small whitewashed building dedicated to peace, equality, and the brotherhood of man. The German Baptist Brethren, or Dunkers (Dunkards) as they were colloquially known, built the Mumma Church of the Manor congregation in 1853 just nine years before Antietam. In addition to being a house of worship with important ties to the local community, the history of the Dunker Church is interwoven with such notable figures as Stonewall Jackson, Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, and even Mark Twain. The structure was heavily damaged during the battle, housed torn bodies as a hospital in its aftermath, and suffered a complete collapse before undergoing the long and arduous process of being rebuilt. Schmidt’s and Barkley’s impressive September Mourn is based upon years of meticulous research from both a Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) and a National Park Service perspective. The authors establish the importance of the structure to Sharpsburg and its citizens, its role during the battle and its aftermath, and how it helped establish tourism and education for future generations of Americans. The Dunker Church can finally take its place alongside the Alamo and Shiloh churches as one of the most notable houses of worship in American military history. September Mourn: The Dunker Church of Antietam is a must-read for anyone interested in the full story of the monumental battle and the community who lived through it.
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