Tag: War

Africa and the First World War


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English | ISBN: 1527505464 | 2018 | 273 pages | PDF | 1311 KB
The First World War was a widespread conflagration in world history, which, despite its European origins, had enormous effects throughout the world. Fettered to European politics and diplomacy through colonialism, Africa could not claim a position of neutrality, meaning that it mobilised human and natural resources to support the imperial war effort. Fighting both within and outside Africa, colonised Africans who were compelled or coaxed by the colonial regimes of the warring European countries fought Europeans and Africans too. The soldiers fought with great dedication and contributed significantly to successes attained by the belligerent European colonialists. Similarly, African non-combatants, like carriers, brought zeal and enthusiasm to difficult wartime tasks. The impact of the war on Africa was immense with far-reaching consequences in specific colonies, and touched the lives of all Africans under colonial rule. Although the continents connections to the war were immense and diverse, these experiences are not widely known among scholars and the general public. This is because, over the years, most studies and commemorative events of the war have centred on the European theatre of the war and its outcomes. This book brings together interesting essays written by scholars of African history, society, and military about African experiences of the war. It complements and problematises some key themes on Africa and the First World War, and offers a stimulating historiographical excursion, providing possibilities for reconsidering normative conclusions on the war. The volume will be of interest to general readers, as well as students and researchers in different areas of scholarship, including African history, war studies, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, labour history, and the history of memory, among others.

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A World on Edge The End of the Great War and the Dawn of a New Age, UK Edition


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English | October 30th, 2018 | ISBN: 1509818499, 1509818510 | 368 pages | True EPUB | 9.65 MB
A World on Edge reveals Europe in 1918, left in ruins by World War I. But with the end of hostilities, a radical new start seems not only possible, but essential, even unavoidable. Unorthodox ideas light up the age like the comets that have recently passed overhead: new politics, new societies, new art and culture, new thinking. The struggle to determine the future has begun.

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A Woman in the Shadow of the Second World War Helena Hall’s Journal from the Home Front


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English | 2015 | ISBN: 1473823250 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 3.0 mb
Helena Hall’s daily diary of the war years, from 1940 to 1945, is one of the most vivid, detailed and evocative personal records of the Second World War as it was experienced by people living in an English village. In her journal she describes her everyday activities alongside momentous national and international events. The war overshadows her narrative. Each daily entry gives us an insight into the extraordinary impact of the conflict on local lives, and shows how much energy and commitment ordinary people put into the war effort. This edited edition of her previously unpublished diary, written without embellishment or hindsight, shows how she heard about the war and how she reacted to it, and how it was reported and understood. It allows the reader today to connect directly with the wartime past and to see events clearly, as they were seen at the time.

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A Soldiers’ Chronicle of the Hundred Years War College of Arms Manuscript M 9


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English | ISBN: 1843846195 | 2022 | 480 pages | EPUB, PDF | 10 MB + 11 MB
A remarkable and very important unpublished chronicle written by two soldiers, covering in detail the English campaigns in France from 1415 to 1429. It lists many individuals who served in the war, and was written specifically for Sir John Fastolf, the English commander.

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World War I Day by Day (2024)


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MBI Publishing Company | 2000 | ISBN: 0760309388 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 156.21 MB
A detailed chronological history of WWI from the opening shots at Sarajevo in June 1914 to the armistice in November 1918. All of the major war theaters are covered, as is the fighting in the air and at sea. Dated entries discuss espionage, home fronts, politics, and technology. Additionally, there are a number of features highlighting the conflict’s decisive weapons, key personalities and events, and strategy and tactics.

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War Prizes (2024)


Free Download P.H. Butler – War Prizes: An illustrated survey of German, Italian and Japanese aircraft brought to Allied countries during and after the Second World War
Midland Publishing | 2000 | ISBN: 0904597865 | English | 320 pages | PDF | 176.86 MB

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The War in the Air 1914-1918


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Almark Publishing | 1974 | ISBN: 0855241799 | English | 104 pages | PDF | 68.74 MB
The author traces the development of the aircraft as a fighting machine and describes the changing pattern of air tactics and supremacy. The book contains many superb illustrations of famous machines and provides a thorough guide to the types of aircraft used by the Allies and by Germany during the four years of war.

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The German National Railway in World War 2


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Schiffer Publishing | 2008 | ISBN: 0764330977 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 168.65 MB
The Second World War made the greatest demands on the German Reichsbahn (national railway). Year after year, great quantities of war materiel were transported – and almost always delivered. At times the trains rolled over nearly the entire continent of Europe. This heavily illustrated book documents the everyday life along the German rail lines on many war fronts. This is the first book of its kind in English for both the railroad fan as well as the military historian.

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Tank Warfare The Illustrated History of the Tank at War 1914-2000 (Strategy and Tactics) (2024)


Free Download Christer Jorgensen, Chris Mann – Tank Warfare: The Illustrated History of the Tank at War 1914-2000 (Strategy and Tactics)
Spellmount | 2001 | ISBN: 1862271356 | English | 179 pages | PDF | 113.94 MB
This military history provides the reader with a guide to tank warfare, including the development of tank tactics and strategy. Also included are details of great tank battles such as Cambrai, Kursk, Chinese Farm and the Gulf War.

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