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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Birmingham War Studies |
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Birmingham war studies series.
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| Contents |
HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Introduction; Editors' Biographies; Contributors' Biographies; Introduction; Evolution of artillery; Evolution of air power; A revolution in military affairs?; The chapters; 1 Command Culture and Complexity: Third Army during the Hundred Days, August-November 1918; 2 'Delivering the Goods'. Operation Landovery Castle:1 A Logistical and Administrative Analysis of Canadian Corps Preparations |
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3 'After Amiens': Technology and Tactics in the British Expeditionary Force during the Advance to Victory, August-November 1918Introduction; Operational tempo: A two-edged sword; The Royal Air Force and the Tank Corps; Getting things right?; Conclusion; 4 The Last Battle of the BEF: The Crossing of the Sambre-Oise Canal, 4 November 1918; 5 War of Liberation: British Second Army and Coalition Warfare in Flanders in the Hundred Days; The Battle of Ypres: 28 September-3 October 1918; The Battle of Courtrai: 14-19 October 1918 |
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Between the Lys and the Schelde: British Second Army 20 October-11 November 1918Conclusions; 6 Behind the Lines: Sir Douglas Haig and the Cavalry Corps, September-October 19181; Edmonds, Haig and the Cavalry Corps; Sharpening the sword: The Cavalry Corps training exercise -- 17 September 1918; A lengthy post-mortem; To the green fields beyond37; The pursuit: 9 October; Postscript: 10-17 October; Conclusion; Appendix; 7 The Air Ministry and the Formation of the Royal Air Force; The Independent Force; 8 The Smuts Report: Interpreting and Misinterpreting the Promise of Air Power |
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9 The Genesis of Modern Warfare: The Contribution of Aviation Logistics10 The Genesis of Modern Air Power: The RAF in 1918; 11 The Battle of Amiens: Air-Ground Co-operation and its Implications for Imperial Policing; Introduction; The Battle of Amiens; The mechanics of air-ground co-operation; The implications for imperial policing; 12 The Battle of Amiens and the Development of British Air-Land Battle, 1918-45; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In 1918, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) played a critical role in defeating the German army and thus winning the First World War. This 'Hundred Days' campaign (August to November 1918) was the greatest series of land victories in British military history. 1918 also saw the creation of the Royal Air Force, the world's first independent air service, from the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Until recently, British histories of the First World War have tended to concentrate on the earlier battles of 1916 and 1917 and often underplayed this vitally important period. Chang |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force.
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Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps -- History
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Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force fast |
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Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps fast |
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Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service fast |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Military operations, Aerial -- British
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Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gray, Peter
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| ISBN |
9781441101259 |
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144110125X |
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