Review of Germany in the Great War
Mobilisation and the Western Advance
Archives & Photographs of WWI
Author: Joshua Bilton
Pen & Sword Books Ltd.
ISBN: 978-1-47382-7-424
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-47382-7-424
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
THE BOOK:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd. is based in the UK.
This book is soft cover of 184 pages in 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" page format.
The cover art shows 4 small black and white WWI photos of German soldiers in the field at the top. At the bottom of the cover art is a colorized photo of 6 German soldiers marching along carrying a flag. They all wear the spiked helmets used in WWI.
This is the first publication in a 5-part series by Josh Bilton that pictorially examines the Central Power's struggle for victory in 1914.
From mobilisation, to annexation and occupation, this book illustratively details how the German and Austrian Armies rapidly advanced on both the Western Front and the Eastern Front.
How turkey was driven back (following late entry into the war) by Russian and British forces at Basra, Dogubeyazit and Koprukoy. Also how, at sea, despite a naval arms race, which had come to dominate the pre-war era, German and British surface craft largely evaded contact. Choosing instead to wag war of attrition and blockage: a campaign that was to severely impact those on the Home Front.
This superbly illustrated book is a valuable visual archive of the Teutonic, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman efforts during 1914.
Included within is a chronology of events, as well as a detailed mapping of campaigns on all fronts. Accompanying this is 555 black and white wartime photographs, many never before published or indeed seen anywhere.
THE AUTHOR:
Joshua Bilton is a graduate of the University of Reading, holding a bachelor's degree in Art. He has been interested in history as far back as he can remember. This is his first book, which will be followed by other publications - all massiively illustrated and part of the Pen & Sword anthology THE GREAT WAR ILLUSTRATED. Future volumes of Germany in the Great War will cover each year of the ensuing conflict, chronologically. He currently lives and works in the United Kingdom.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Mobilization - Austria and Germany
Chapter 2: Western Advance
Chapter 3: Advance in the East and Withdrawal
Chapter 4: The Pacific and African Theatres
Chapter 5: Turkey
Chapter 6: The Naval War
Chapter 7: The Home Front
Timelines
Bibliography
There are 38 photos of notorary people in WWI, a photo of a zeppilin being built, 3 photos of a German siege gun, 4 photos of soldiers on parade, 3 photos of a German armored car, 18 photos of cannons, a photo of a German artillery observer on a ladder, 3 photos of civilian crowds, 352 photos of troops in the fields, a photo of cannons being built in a factory, a photo of a German 28 cm Krupp mortar, a photo of German trucks, a photo of German ski-troops, a photo of troops on motorcycles, a photo of a pontoon bridge.
In the Naval War chapter there is a photo of mines on a ship's deck, 4 photos of German sailors, 20 photos of the guns on ships, 2 photos of intrior departments of a ship, 2 photos of a U-boat, 2 photos of damaged piers, 25 photos of Germans on the Home Front, a copy of an advertisement for tea and a patriotic picture postcard.
This is neat photo album. It will be of great interest to modelers and historians alike.
Highly recommended.
I wish to thank the folks at Casemate Publishing who sent me this review sample and the folks at Pen & Sword.
A complete listing of Pen & Sword books can be seen on Casemate's web site at:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd. is based in the UK.
This book is soft cover of 184 pages in 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" page format.
The cover art shows 4 small black and white WWI photos of German soldiers in the field at the top. At the bottom of the cover art is a colorized photo of 6 German soldiers marching along carrying a flag. They all wear the spiked helmets used in WWI.
This is the first publication in a 5-part series by Josh Bilton that pictorially examines the Central Power's struggle for victory in 1914.
From mobilisation, to annexation and occupation, this book illustratively details how the German and Austrian Armies rapidly advanced on both the Western Front and the Eastern Front.
How turkey was driven back (following late entry into the war) by Russian and British forces at Basra, Dogubeyazit and Koprukoy. Also how, at sea, despite a naval arms race, which had come to dominate the pre-war era, German and British surface craft largely evaded contact. Choosing instead to wag war of attrition and blockage: a campaign that was to severely impact those on the Home Front.
This superbly illustrated book is a valuable visual archive of the Teutonic, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman efforts during 1914.
Included within is a chronology of events, as well as a detailed mapping of campaigns on all fronts. Accompanying this is 555 black and white wartime photographs, many never before published or indeed seen anywhere.
THE AUTHOR:
Joshua Bilton is a graduate of the University of Reading, holding a bachelor's degree in Art. He has been interested in history as far back as he can remember. This is his first book, which will be followed by other publications - all massiively illustrated and part of the Pen & Sword anthology THE GREAT WAR ILLUSTRATED. Future volumes of Germany in the Great War will cover each year of the ensuing conflict, chronologically. He currently lives and works in the United Kingdom.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Mobilization - Austria and Germany
Chapter 2: Western Advance
Chapter 3: Advance in the East and Withdrawal
Chapter 4: The Pacific and African Theatres
Chapter 5: Turkey
Chapter 6: The Naval War
Chapter 7: The Home Front
Timelines
Bibliography
There are 38 photos of notorary people in WWI, a photo of a zeppilin being built, 3 photos of a German siege gun, 4 photos of soldiers on parade, 3 photos of a German armored car, 18 photos of cannons, a photo of a German artillery observer on a ladder, 3 photos of civilian crowds, 352 photos of troops in the fields, a photo of cannons being built in a factory, a photo of a German 28 cm Krupp mortar, a photo of German trucks, a photo of German ski-troops, a photo of troops on motorcycles, a photo of a pontoon bridge.
In the Naval War chapter there is a photo of mines on a ship's deck, 4 photos of German sailors, 20 photos of the guns on ships, 2 photos of intrior departments of a ship, 2 photos of a U-boat, 2 photos of damaged piers, 25 photos of Germans on the Home Front, a copy of an advertisement for tea and a patriotic picture postcard.
This is neat photo album. It will be of great interest to modelers and historians alike.
Highly recommended.
I wish to thank the folks at Casemate Publishing who sent me this review sample and the folks at Pen & Sword.
A complete listing of Pen & Sword books can be seen on Casemate's web site at: