Victory Through Coalition - Britain and France During the First World War

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Greenhalgh is Executive Officer at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, and the Joint Editor of War and Society. Klappentext Re-examines the course of the First World War through the lens of the Franco-British coalition. Zusammenfassung Imperial Germany's invasion of France in August 1914 represented a threat to the great power status of both Britain and France. This book tells the story from both British and French perspectives of how the two countries managed to create a winning coalition relationship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Coalition warfare and the Franco-British alliance; 2. Command 1914-15; 3. The Battle of the Somme, 1916; 4. The liaison services, 1914-16; 5. The allied response to the German submarine; 6. Command 1917; 7. The creation of the supreme war council; 8. The German offensives of 1918 and the crisis in command; 9. The allies counterattack; 10. Politics and bureaucracy of supply; 11. Coalition: a defective mechanism?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Greenhalgh Elizabeth, Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Elizabeth (University of New South Wal Greenhalgh, Greenhalgh Elizabeth
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521096294
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09629-4
• Pagine: 324
• Serie: Cambridge Military Histories; Cambridge Military Histories
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; France, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I