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Gallipoli
Gallipoli

Peter Hart

2011

NON-FICTION

Comprehensive account of the doomed Gallipoli campaign using firsthand sources.

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Passchendaele: The Untold Story

Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson

1996

NON-FICTION

Meticulous operational analysis of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) that challenges the conventional view of Haig's generalship and reexamines what the battle actually achieved.

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Verdun: The Greatest Battle of the First World War

John Mosier

2001

NON-FICTION

Revisionist account of the Battle of Verdun arguing that Germany came far closer to victory than the French official history admits, and that the battle fundamentally shaped French military doctrine.

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly

Scott Anderson

2013

NON-FICTION

Gripping account of T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt in WWI, drawing on newly available documents to portray the betrayals and imperial maneuvering that shaped the modern Middle East.

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Verdun
Verdun

John Mosier

2013

NON-FICTION

Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Perfect for military history buffs, this compelling account of one of Wo...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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The Blitzkrieg Myth
The Blitzkrieg Myth

John Mosier

2004

NON-FICTION

A bold reinterpretation of some of the most decisive battles of World War II, showing that the outcomes had less to do with popular new technology than old–fashioned, on–the–ground warfare. The milita...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron

John Mosier

2006

NON-FICTION

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GERMAN WAR MACHINE, 1918-1945.

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Hitler vs. Stalin
Hitler vs. Stalin

John Mosier

2011

NON-FICTION

Originally published as Deathride, this is the true story of the Eastern Front in World War II, emphasizing how close Germany came to winning and the USSR to losing; the severity of the Soviet losses,...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Deathride
Deathride

John Mosier

2010

NON-FICTION

The German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, began a war that lasted nearly four years and created by far the bloodiest theater in World War II. In the conventional narrative of this war,...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Verdun 1916
Verdun 1916

William F. Buckingham

2016

NON-FICTION

A gripping narrative of the most infamous Western Front battle of the war. The British remember the Somme, Russia the Brusilov Offensive, and France and Germany remember Verdun

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Battle Story: Verdun 1916
Battle Story: Verdun 1916

Chris McNab

2013

NON-FICTION

The Battle of Verdun was one of the bloodiest engagements of the First World War, resulting in 698,000 deaths, 70,000 for each of the 10 months of battle. The French Army in the area were decimated an...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Road To Verdun
Road To Verdun

Ian Ousby

2010

NON-FICTION

Verdun was the largest, the longest and the bloodiest battle between the French and Germans in the First World War, lasting from February 1916 until the end of the year and claiming more then 700,000 ...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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The Verdun Regiment
The Verdun Regiment

Johnathan Bracken

2018

NON-FICTION

This book on French soldiers during WWI is "a first-class narrative with an abundance of personal testimony from the officers and men of the regiment" ( The Great War Magazine, Editor's Choice). Altho...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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The Price of Glory
The Price of Glory

Alistair Horne

1964

NON-FICTION

Verdun was the battle which lasted ten months; the battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles; the battle whose aim was less to defeat the enemy than to bleed him to dea...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Walking In the Footsteps of the Fallen
Walking In the Footsteps of the Fallen

Christina Holstein

2019

NON-FICTION

Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this guide to the WWI battlefield of Verdun offers a deeper understanding of its history and its monuments. A visit to the battlefield of Verdun is usually...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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Verdun 1917
Verdun 1917

Christina Holstein

2021

NON-FICTION

A tour of the historic French battlefield that goes beyond the usual dates and places, and reveals the full story of the fighting after the fighting. Despite the popular view, the French army did not ...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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The Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun

Alan Axelrod

2016

NON-FICTION

The Great War ate men, machines, and money without mercy or remission. At the end of 1915, the German army chief of staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed he knew how to finally kill the beast and win ...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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The Road to Verdun
The Road to Verdun

Ian Ousby

2009

NON-FICTION

On February 21, 1916, the Germans launched a surprise offensive at Verdun, an important fortress in northeastern France, sparking a brutal and protracted conflict that would claim more than 700,000 vi...

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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History of the World War: Verdun and the Somme
History of the World War: Verdun and the Somme

Frank Herbert Simonds

1919

NON-FICTION

For contents, see Author Catalog.

Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction
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The Battle of Verdun (1914-1918)
The Battle of Verdun (1914-1918)

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1920

NON-FICTION
Tags: Non-Fiction, World War IThemes: Non-Fiction