Название: Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914
Автор: Peter Hart
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199989270
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 537
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 25,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
The dramatic opening weeks of the Great War passed into legend long before the conflict ended. The British Expeditionary Force fought a mesmerizing campaign, outnumbered and outflanked but courageous and skillful, holding the line against impossible odds, sacrificing themselves to stop the last great German offensive of 1914. A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment, the campaign contains moments of sheer horror and nerve-shattering excitement; pathos and comic relief; occasional cowardice and much selfless courage--all culminating in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres.