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The RFCRNAC Handbook 1914-18


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Sutton Publishing | 2000 | ISBN: 0750921692 | English | 224 pages | PDF | 162.25 MB
The RFC/RNAS Handbook explores a wide range of subjects – from aircraft, airships, balloons and motor vehicles, to pay, rank, the women’s branches, uniforms and even the origins of the RAF’s eagle badge, not forgetting the minor conflicts that erupted at the end of the First World War. The authoritative text is fully illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, live drawings and maps.

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Small Arms 1914-45 (The Essential Weapons Identification Guide)


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Amber Books | 2012 | ISBN: 1908273755 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 149.66 MB
Illustrated with outstanding color profile artworks, The Essential Identification Guide: Small Arms 1914-45 is the definitive study of the small arms equipment of warring nations across both world wars. Organized by conflict and within each war by front, the book describes in depth the various models in service with each force. All the key small arms are featured, such as handguns, machine guns and submachine guns, bolt-action and automatic rifles, and grenade launchers, and all the key models are included, such as the Colt .45 handgun, the Thompson M1928 submachine gun, the Type 92 machine gun, the SMLE rifle, the Bren gun, the MP40 machine pistol, and the M1 Garand rifle. Illustrated with more than 200 color profile artworks and with accompanying specifications and background text, The Essential Identification Guide: Small Arms 1914-45 is an excellent reference guide for modelers and any enthusiast with an interest in the military technology of the twentieth century.

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America and the Great War 1914 – 1920


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English | 1997 | ISBN: 0882959441 | PDF | pages: 140 | 99.9 mb
In America and the Great War, 1914-1920, the accomplished writing team of D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells provides a succinct account of the principal military, political, and social developments in United States History as the nation responded to, and was changed by, a world in crisis.

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The Territorials 1908-1914 A Guide for Military and Family Historians


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English | 2012 | ISBN: 1848843607 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 4.8 mb
The Territorials 1908-1914 is a unique, comprehensive record of the part-time soldiers who made up the Territorial Force that supported the regular army in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War. Previously information on the history and organization of these dedicated amateur soldiers has been incomplete and scattered across many sources but now, in this invaluable work of reference, Ray Westlake provides an accessible introduction to the Territorial Force and a directory of the units raised in each county and each town.

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German Army on the Somme, 1914-1916


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English | 2005 | ISBN: 1844152693 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 6.5 mb
By drawing on a very large number of German sources, many of them previously unpublished, Jack Sheldon throws new light on a familiar story. In an account filled with graphic descriptions of life and death in the trenches, the author demonstrates that the dreadful losses of 1st July were a direct consequence of meticulous German planning and preparation.

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July, 1914 countdown to war


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English | 2014 | pages: 481 | ISBN: 0465060749 | EPUB | 4,2 mb
When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand’s own uncle, Franz Josef I, was notably ambivalent about the death of the Hapsburg heir, saying simply, "It is God’s will." Certainly, there was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflict – much less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would fundamentally reshape the course of human events.

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The Lost History of 1914 Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began


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English | February 21, 2012 | ISBN: 0802778119 | 456 pages | PDF | 11 Mb
In The Lost History of 1914, Jack Beatty offers a highly original view of World War I, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. "Most books set in 1914 map the path leading to war," Beatty writes. "This one maps the multiple paths that led away from it."

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Blood on the Snow The Russian Revolution 1914-1924


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English | November 9th, 2023 | ISBN: 1529065828 | 496 pages | True EPUB | 7.27 MB
‘A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today’ – Michael Burleigh, author of The Third Reich

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