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Germany's Western Front translations from the German official history of the Great War, 1914 / edited by Mark Osborne Humphries, John Maker ; based on translations by Wilhelm J. Kiesselbach ; foreword by Hew Strachan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: [Waterloo, Ontario] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, (c)2013.; Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 541 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781554583942
  • 9781554583959
Other title:
  • Battle of the Frontiers and pursuit to the Marne
  • Germany's Western Front Part 1, 1914
  • Germany's Western Front, 1914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • D531 .G476 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The campaign plan for the western front -- The deplyment -- The beginning of major operations -- The Battle of the Frontier -- The pursuit -- Review.
Operations on the Meuse and Aisne -- The operations of First and Second Armies to the Oise -- The OHL, 29-30 August -- The pursuit by the German Right Wing to the Marne, 31 Auguat-2 September -- THe OHL, 31 August-2 September -- The pursuit of the German Right Wing across the Marne on 3-4 September -- The OHL, 3-4 September.
Appendix 2 The strength of the mutual forces on the Western Front on 22 August 1914.
Subject: Covers the outbreak of war in July-August 1914, the German invasion of Belgium, the Battles of the Frontiers, and the pursuit to the Marne in early September 1914.
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Translation of: Der Weltkrieg.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part 1 : The Battle of the Frontiers in the West. Introduction -- The campaign plan for the western front -- The deplyment -- The beginning of major operations -- The Battle of the Frontier -- The pursuit -- Review.

Part II : From the Sambre to the Marne. The OHL at the beginning of the new phase of operations -- Operations on the Meuse and Aisne -- The operations of First and Second Armies to the Oise -- The OHL, 29-30 August -- The pursuit by the German Right Wing to the Marne, 31 Auguat-2 September -- THe OHL, 31 August-2 September -- The pursuit of the German Right Wing across the Marne on 3-4 September -- The OHL, 3-4 September.

Apendices. Appendix 1 Comparison of the organization of German, French, British, and Belgian units -- Appendix 2 The strength of the mutual forces on the Western Front on 22 August 1914.

Covers the outbreak of war in July-August 1914, the German invasion of Belgium, the Battles of the Frontiers, and the pursuit to the Marne in early September 1914.

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