"The extraordinary true story of America's forgotten invasion of Russia: one-thousand miles north of Moscow, five-thousand brave U.S. troops from Michigan fought the Red Army during the winter of 1918-1919 in brutal arctic conditions."--Provided by publisher.

The First World War was perhaps the most traumatic event of the Twentieth Century. Millions of men, women and children were affected by it. And it still has a resonance today more than a hundred years after the Armistice. This guide offers a simple, yet comprehensive, guide to researching the men and women from Britain - and its dominions and colonies - who took part in the First World War either at the front or at home. It is an accessible, up-to-date...

The transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894—1895) and the Spanish-American War (1898) and was propelled forward rapidly by the advent of the dreadnought and the nearly continuous state of war that culminated in World War I. By 1922, most of the elements that would define sea power in the 20th century were in place. Written by one of our foremost military historians, this volume acknowledges the complex...

Denby & District in the First and Second World Wars: Their Ultimate Sacrifice, commemorates and celebrates the lives of the soldiers from this part of the world and the role they played during hostilities. For the vast number of people the local War Memorial is something taken for granted, it has always been there and though it is respected it is not really understood anymore. The names upon it might be familiar to some but the lives and stories behind...

Shortly and formally the Battle of Gallipoli, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, can be described as a failed amphibious operation launched by the Allies in a strategically important region of Turkey in 1915-1916. It was a battle very unusual for the First World War. It stood apart from the gruesome picture of bloody and ineffectual battles of the Western front, and resembled rather colonial wars of the preceding century.

Enquête et témoignages en milieux flamands. Toute la Flandre, ainsi s'intitule l'une des plus belles œuvres d'Émile Verhaeren. Celle dont parle Luc Beyer de Ryke est divisée. Le Mouvement flamand est en quête d'une nation. La langue, à ses yeux, est « tout le peuple ». Pour réaliser son dessein, ses protagonistes collaboreront avec l'Allemagne impériale en 14-18, avec le Reich en 40-45. À la différence de la Wallonie, o la collaboration...

A family torn apart by war. As Europe is on the brink of war, two brothers fight very different battles, and both could lose everything... While George has always been the brother to rush towards the action, fast becoming a boy-soldier when war breaks out, Joe thinks differently. Refusing to fight, Joe stays behind as a conscientious objector battling against the propaganda. On the Western front, George soon discovers that war is not the great...

World War I witnessed unprecedented growth and innovation in aircraft design, construction, and as the war progressed-mass production. Each country generated its own innovations sometimes in surprising ways-Albatros Fokker, Pfalz, and Junkers in Germany and Nieuport, Spad, Sopwith and Bristol in France and Britain. This book focuses on the British approach to fighter design, construction, and mass production. Initially the French led the way in Allied...

It remains the most audacious spy plot in American history-a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir Ilich Lenin. After that, leaders in Washington, Paris, and London aimed to install their own Allied-friendly dictator in Moscow as a means to get Russia back into the war effort against Germany. The Lenin Plot had the "entire approval" of President Woodrow...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le traité de Versailles en moins d'une heure ! Le 28 juin 1919, la signature du traité de Versailles entre les puissances alliées et l'Allemagne vaincue met officiellement fin à la Première Guerre mondiale. Ce traité de paix, censé garantir l'entente européenne, s'avère être un véritable échec diplomatique. En privilégiant leurs propres intérêts aux dépens d'une Allemagne humiliée et...