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Death in the Ardennes : 22nd August 1914 : France's deadliest day / Jean-Michel Steg ; translated by Joshua Sigal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steg, Jean-Michel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1914.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : University of Buckingham Press, an imprint of Legend Times Group, 2013.
- Summary:
- 27,000 French people were killed on 22nd August 1914, the bloodiest day in French history.This is four times more than at Waterloo, and as many in total as during the eight years of the Algerian War. Even more than the Battle of the Marne, Verdun or the Chemin des Dames. How did these men perish? In what circumstances? Does this deadly cataclysm at the very beginning of the conflict reflect the consequences of poor individual and collective choices, tactical, strategic or organizational mistakes, or quite simply bad luck?A record number of deaths in a single day unprecedented in French history cannot be a mere statistical oddity. It is the ambition of this work to provide some explanations, as well as ideas for how military strategists of the twenty-first century can avoid the combat lethality of the previous century.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: An Unknown Catastrophe
- Chapter 2: The Battle of Rossignol: An Hour-by-Hour Reconstruction
- Chapter 3: From Frankfurt to Rossignol
- Chapter 4: Weapons and Organization
- Chapter 5: Entry into War
- Chapter 6: The Battle of the Ardennes
- Chapter 7: The Battle of Charleroi and the Retreat
- Chapter 8: Civilians in German Cross Hairs
- Chapter 9: Why So Many Dead?
- Epilogue
- Rossignol, 23 June 2012
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Tables and Appendices
- Endnotes.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781800310902
- 1800310900
- OCLC:
- 1283844139
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