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Cotter Bass WORLD WAR ONE KILLING FIELDS

Historisches
Englisch
8253 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
134
0

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global conflict originating in Europe that lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars,” it led to the mobilization of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It was also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic lead to another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide. The war caused the disintegration of four empires: the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, and Russian. Germany lost its overseas empire, and states such as Czechoslovakiaand Yugoslavia were created, or recreated, as in the cases of Lithuania and Poland. This contributed to a decisive break with the world order that had emerged after the Napoleonic Wars, which was modified by the mid-19th century’s nationalistic revolutions. The results of World War I would also be important factors in the development of World War II just over two decades later. Much of the fighting in World War I took place along the Western Front, within a system of opposing manned trenches and fortifications (separated by a "no man's land") running from the North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the Eastern Front, the vast eastern plains and limited rail network prevented a trench warfare stalemate from developing, although the scale of the conflict was just as large. Hostilities also occurred on and under the sea and - for the first time - in the air. WORLD WAR ONE KILLING FIELDS, by Cotter Bass, provides a brief but graphic overview of the battlefield horrors of World War I. [mehr]

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William Gough Gramp's War:

Letters From The Front

Biografie/Autobiografie
Englisch
2 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
902
4

When my Grandfather Gough enlisted to fight and left his home outport of Elliston, Newfoundland in WW 1, he was a innocent boy. By the end of WW 1 he was a shattered man, who had lost the main illusions of his life. Yet, he managed to write brave letters from the front; letters that reflected his life and times in such a way that I want what he said to be available for free, for us all - so we may all avoid war in all times forever. My grandfather never glorified war to me, he warned me against it, told me to avoid fighting for belief; he regretted the killing he did, mourned those he'd shot & bayoneted, and was straight-ahead honest about his life-long opinion that to kill is wrong - period. I write of his war in other books, in this one it's time to share with the world what he wrote in his period of learning. I ask to remember, as you read them, the time in which he lived, & to consider the falsehoods that were told him in order to have him fight. Those were terrible times of a war that could have been avoided. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Newman Gough, William Gough, World War One, Newfoundland, 1918, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, WW1, Soldier, Letters Home, Front Line, Historical documents

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Chris Shaw Historic Ships

Olympic, Titanic, Britannic, and the Queen Mary

Historisches
Englisch
2 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
735
19

This book is about important ships in history like Titanic, Olympic, Britannic, and The queen mary. This 50 [mehr]

Stichwörter: ships, history, england, united, states, books, interesting, war, world war, one, class, tests, work

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Boyd Cable Action Front

Belletristik
Englisch
65154 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
404
2

In this classic work, the author tries to draw an image of WWI horrors through several short stories. The book was based on true events and reflects the feelings of the soldiers facing death on the front lines. There were some who complained that my last book was in parts too grim and too terrible, and no doubt the same complaint may lie against this one. To that I can only reply that I have found it impossible to write with any truth of the Front without the writing being grim, and in writing my other book I felt it would be no bad thing if Home realized the grimness a little better. [mehr]

Stichwörter: action front, boyd cable, war and warfare, war novel, world war one, trench warfare, true war stories, war

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Brian Hesse Just Kiss Me One Last Time

Liebe
Englisch
19709 Wörter
Ab 14 Jahren
276
1

At the end of World War One, young Karl Werner realizes the truth of his sexuality when he [mehr]

Stichwörter: fiction, romance, war, drama, love story, historical, new, short

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Brian Hesse The Trench

Belletristik
Englisch
13613 Wörter
Ab 14 Jahren
275
0

Five friends surviving the horrors of the World War one trenches. A mysterious fog descends across the battlefield, [mehr]

Stichwörter: historical, horror, short story

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Homer Randall Army Boys in the French Trenches

Thriller
Englisch
43221 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
1

This early work by Homer Randall was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'Army Boys in the French Trenches' is one of the instalments in the 'Army Boys' series that tells the story of the adventures of young American soldiers fighting in World War One. It follows the heroes as they outwit and out-gun their treacherous foe. This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. [mehr]

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GEORGE C. WALLIS THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH

Belletristik
Englisch
4794 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

(1871-1956) UK printer (before World War One), cinema manager and author who began writing sf and historical and [mehr]

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Edward Rigby A System of Midwifery

Belletristik
Englisch
219384 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

Edward Rigby (5 February 1879 – 5 April 1951) was a British character actor. Rigby was the second son of Jamaican-born Dr. William Harriot Coke (1851–1922) and his wife, Liverpool-born Mary Elizabeth (1850–1929) of 17 High Street, Ashford, Kent. He was educated at Haileybury, and Wye Agricultural College. Under his real name, Edward Coke, (Rigby was his mother's maiden name) he served in the Artists' Rifles and Royal Field Artillery in World War One and was awarded the Military Cross, cited on 17 September 1917 "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as artillery liaison officer. [mehr]

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Edward Rigby A System of Midwifery

Belletristik
Englisch
226262 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

Rigby was the second son of Jamaican-born Dr. William Harriot Coke (1851–1922) and his wife, Liverpool-born Mary Elizabeth (1850–1929) of 17 High Street, Ashford, Kent. He was educated at Haileybury, and Wye Agricultural College. Under his real name, Edward Coke, (Rigby was his mother's maiden name) he served in the Artists' Rifles and Royal Field Artillery in World War One and was awarded the Military Cross, cited on 17 September 1917 "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as artillery liaison officer. [mehr]

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