The Germans in Flanders, 1914 : rare photographs from wartime archives / David Bilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bilton, David, author.

Series:

Images of war.

Images of war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany. Heer--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Germany.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Belgium--Pictorial works.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Belgium.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book follows in photographs, captions and text the German Army's presence in Flanders from its arrival in September 1914 until the summer of 1916.It looks at the Kaiser's Army's battles with the French, Belgians and British, concentrating mostly on the latter and the battles for Ypres (1st Ypres - 1914 and 2nd Ypres - 1915 and the gas attacks). The book is arranged in four sections; detailed text; around 50.000 photos (that are interspersed into the text with captions); a chronological order of events in Flanders and a section on the German divisions that fought there. Where relevant mater

Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1914 The Advance through Belgium""; ""Day-by-day chronology - 1914""; ""Histories of the German divisions that fought in Flanders""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170).

ISBN:

9781783038855

1783038853

OCLC:

854975009