David Campbell

It Can't Last Forever

The 19th Battalion and the Canadian Corps in the First World War

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the first complete history of the 19th Battalion and its role in the Canadian Corps? operations in the First World War. Based on extensive archival research and featuring vivid personal accounts, it analyzes the unit's organization, internal dynamics, and evolution, from mobilization in 1914 to its return to Canada in 1919.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 188mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1618g
• ISBN-13: 9781771122368
• ISBN-10: 1771122366
• Artikelnr.: 44678469

Autorenporträt

David Campbell received his doctorate in history from the University of Calgary, specializing in military history. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and teaches history at Mount Saint Vincent University and Saint Mary¿s University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Recruiting and Mobilization: 1914?15
2. Training in England: May-September 1915
3. Life in the Trenches: September?December 1915
4. Waging Trench Warfare: September 1915?March 1916
5. Trial by Fire: Saint-Eloi, April 1916
6. ?Trying the Nerves?: May?July 1916
7. A Daylight Coup and Departing Belgium: 29 July?August 1916
8. Preparing for Battle: 28 August?15 September 1916
9. Fighting at the Somme: 15 September?3 October 1916
10. A ?Most Uneventful Tour?: October 1916?March 1917
11. ?Leaving Nothing to Chance?: 25 March?8 April 1917
12. An ?Easter Gift? and a Bloody Setback: 9 April?3 June 1917
13. ?The Worst Ever?: June?August 1907
14. ?A Dirty, Dirty Country?: September?November 1917
15. Days of Uncertainty: November 1917?March 1918
16. ?It Was Pretty Lively?: 21 March?June 1918
17. Prelude to Victory: July?7 August 1918
18. The Battle of Amiens and Its Aftermath: 8?18 August 1918
19. Arras: 19?31 August 1918
20. Cambrai and Iwuy: 1 September?13 October 1918
21. Long Road to Mons: 14 October?11 November 1918
22. To the Rhine and Back: 12 November 1918?19 January 1919
23. Going Home: 20 January?25 May 1919
Epilogue
Appendices
A. Casualties, 19th Battalion, 1915?19
B. Discipline in France and Flanders