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With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson
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Publisher: Allen Lane (2011) Hardcover: 688 pages, Glossary, index, maps, photographs ISBN: 978-0713998405 In With Our Backs to the Wall Professor David Stevenson sets out to explain why the First World War ended in 1918, how it ended and why the Allies outlasted their enemies. Employing rigorous scholarship, the reader is provided with…
'German spies held in the Tower of London during the First World War' with Barry Kitchener
We welcome Barry Kitchener to our branch talk. Barry is based in London and has a passion for remembering the Railway men of the Great War. He works for Network Rail. The talk today will be about a subject that is unknown and sometimes not mentioned in the history of the Great Wa 'The Forgotten Germans'. Their Capture. Their Imprisonment. T…
We Dusted Them Off Good
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Alastair Fraser We dusted them off good 'We dusted them off good' - The German Army on the Somme 1914-16 - an examination of the German Army in the Beaumont Hamel sector, in particular the regiments of 26 Reserve Division. It also looks at how the Germans were able to defeat the British so comprehensively on 1st J…
'Ernst Junger' by Mike McCarthy
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For our April meeting our attention turns to the German side of the wire. Mike McCarthy will speak to the branch on Ernst Junger and will explore some of the exploits detailed in Junger's well known books Copse 125 and Storm of Steel. Mike will examine and validate them from various sources. This is a fascinating study accompanied by maps and photo…