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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101472803353
ISBN-139781472803351
eBay Product ID (ePID)176461408
Product Key Features
Original LanguageEnglish
Book TitleInvasion 1914 : the Schlieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne
Number of Pages456 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicEurope / Germany, Military / General, Military / World War I
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorIan Senior
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight15.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Table Of ContentList of Maps/ Introduction/ The Schlieffen-Molkte Plan/ Plan XVII/ Opening Moves/ The Battle of Charleroi/ The Retreat Begins/ The Battle of Guise/ The Retreat Continues/ The Eve of Battle/ Taken by Surprise/ Bloody Days at Trocy/ The Barrier of the Marshes/ Struggle for the High Ground/ Night Attack/ Stalemate on the Ourcq/ The Beginning of the End/ The Last Retreat/ Analysis/ Postcript/ Appendices/ Notes/ Bibliography/ Index
SynopsisThe German invasion of France and Belgium in August 1914 came agonizingly close to defeating the French armies, capturing Paris and ending the First World War before the autumn leaves had fallen. The initial German strategy revolved around, and in part depended on, rapid victory over the French, but they were unable to deliver the knock-out blow they had planned - and the surprisingly fluid battles of the early days of the war deteriorated into the defensive, trench-based warfare which was to see the war drag on for another four years of unprecedented slaughter. Ian Senior has woven together strategic analysis, diary entries, dramatic eyewitness accounts and interview transcripts from soldiers on the ground with consummate skill. He has produced a remarkable new narrative history that for the first time focuses on the experiences of French and German troops in the long hot summer of 1914 as the outcome of the war hung in the balance, revealing how the defiant French opposition and failings in the German invasion plans ultimately foiled the German war machine and changed the course of the war., For a century, accounts of the German invasion of France and the opening year of the First World War have been dominated by histories of British troops and their experience in battle, despite the fact that the British Expeditionary Force comprised just four divisions, while the French and Germans fielded 60 each. Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War, Invasion 1914 examines how the German invasion of France and Belgium came agonizingly close to defeating the French armies, capturing Paris and ending the First World War before the end of the year. Ian Senior reveals how the initial German strategy revolved around, and in part depended on, rapid victory over the French, and how the failure to achieve this resulted in the surprisingly fluid battles of the early days of the war deteriorating into the trench-based warfare which was to see the war drag on for another four years of unprecedented slaughter. Weaving together strategic analysis, diary entries, eyewitness accounts and interview transcripts from soldiers on the ground with consummate skill, this narrative is a timely investigation into the dramatic early months of the war, as the fate of Europe hung in the balance.
LC Classification NumberD531
