The war on the Western Front as seen through the eyes of one of Germany's leading First World War generals, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. A fascinating and highly revealing view from the 'other side of the wire', which casts the story of the Western Front in an entirely new light.
The war on the Western Front as seen through the eyes of one of Germany's leading First World War generals, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. A fascinating and highly revealing view from the 'other side of the wire', which casts the story of the Western Front in an entirely new light.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jonathan Boff is a Senior Lecturer in History and War Studies at the University of Birmingham, where he teaches courses on conflict from Homer to Helmand. He specializes in the First World War and his previous book, Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918 (CUP, 2012) was short-listed for the Templer Medal and for the British Army Book of the Year award. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and the Department of War Studies, King's College London, and spent twenty years working in finance before returning to academia. He serves on the councils of the National Army Museum and Army Records Society, has worked as a historical consultant with the British Army and the BBC, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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Introduction PART I. TO WAR 1914 1: Rupprecht's Road to War 2: The Battle of the Frontiers 3: The End of the Campaign in Lorraine 4: The First Battle of the Somme 5: To Ypres PART II. THE ANVIL 1915-16 6: A Difficult Winter 7: A Successful Spring 8: Further Victories 9: Verdun and the Road to the Somme 10: Early Days on the Somme 11: Rupprecht the General PART III. HOLDING THE LINE 1916-17 12: Rupprecht Takes Command 13: Autumn on the Somme 14: Scorched Earth 15: The Battle of Arras 16: The Battle for Flanders: Summer 1917 17: The Battle for Flanders: To Passchendaele 18: Cambrai PART IV. YEAR OF DEFEATS 1918 19: Planning the Spring Offensives 20: Operation MICHAEL 21: Operation GEORGETTE and Summer 1918 22: The Hundred Days 23: Rupprecht on the Run PART V. CONCLUSIONS 24: Rupprecht the Field Marshal 25: Rupprecht and Politics 26: Last Words Appendix: Note on Military Terminology
Introduction PART I. TO WAR 1914 1: Rupprecht's Road to War 2: The Battle of the Frontiers 3: The End of the Campaign in Lorraine 4: The First Battle of the Somme 5: To Ypres PART II. THE ANVIL 1915-16 6: A Difficult Winter 7: A Successful Spring 8: Further Victories 9: Verdun and the Road to the Somme 10: Early Days on the Somme 11: Rupprecht the General PART III. HOLDING THE LINE 1916-17 12: Rupprecht Takes Command 13: Autumn on the Somme 14: Scorched Earth 15: The Battle of Arras 16: The Battle for Flanders: Summer 1917 17: The Battle for Flanders: To Passchendaele 18: Cambrai PART IV. YEAR OF DEFEATS 1918 19: Planning the Spring Offensives 20: Operation MICHAEL 21: Operation GEORGETTE and Summer 1918 22: The Hundred Days 23: Rupprecht on the Run PART V. CONCLUSIONS 24: Rupprecht the Field Marshal 25: Rupprecht and Politics 26: Last Words Appendix: Note on Military Terminology
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