Titres dans Première Guerre mondiale

Bloomsbury presents Mavericks, written and read by Nick Higham. 'Wildly exciting' KATE ADIE 'An absolute gem of a book' CAROLINE WYATT 'Beautifully written' LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES The forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission with a daring and fearless...

The Gallipoli letter is an 8000-word private report written by journalist Keith Arthur Murdoch, with the help of British war correspondent Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, after visiting the Gallipoli peninsula in September 1915. It describes the organization and conditions of the Gallipoli campaign. It was sent to Andrew Fisher (then-Prime Minister of Australia) and Henry Herbert Asquith (then-Prime Minister of the UK). Murdoch’s twenty-eight-page letter helped to establish the idea of Gallipoli as a military disaster.

The 95th Rifles - Wellington's sharpshooters - first into battle and last out. Acclaimed military writer Mark Urban explores the extraordinary story of these military pioneers; the toughest and deadliest infantrymen in Wellington's Army. Immortalised in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels, the 95th...

Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can react. Never confronting a stronger force directly, but using audacity and surprise to confound and demoralize an opponent. Operations driven by good intelligence, area knowledge, mobility, speed, firepower, and detailed planning, and executed by a few specialists with indigenous warriors—this is unconventional warfare. 

Вильгельм II и российский монарх Николай II дружили семьями (немецкий кайзер приходился двоюродным братом супруге императора Александре Федоровне, их матери были родными сестрами), они ездили в гости и называли друг друга Вилли и Ники. Во время личных встреч любили устраивать костюмированные вечеринки, а еще их объединяло общее увлечение — коллекционирование военных мундиров. Как же случилось так, что недавние друзья стали вдруг заклятыми врагами, что стало истинной причиной начала Первой мировой войны и какие события привели к падению императорского дома Гогенцоллернов?

T. E. Lawrence was a man of all seasons. Known for his great thirst for adventure, he earned the name Lawrence of Arabia due to his hands-on expertise in the Middle East during World War I and the Arab Revolt. Yet his achievements extended well beyond exploration—he was an innovative soldier, a dedicated archaeologist, and a passionate curator of history.