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Forgotten Battlefronts of the First World War (Paperback)
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Forgotten Battlefronts of the First World War (Paperback)
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List price R554
Loot Price R461
Discovery Miles 4 610
You Save R93 (17%)
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The struggle between Germany and the Allies along the Western Front
is for many the most familiar element of World War I. However, many
less well-known theaters of conflict, key to the overall progress
and conduct of the war, hold as much relevance to both the traveler
and the armchair enthusiast. In this work, the author sheds light
on the fighting methods of the protagonists in less familiar
settings, whether in the Italian Alps or in the cloying heat of the
Greek coast. In the first weeks of fighting, stubborn Belgian
resistance resulted in a desperate battle to stabilize the front
and compelled the German advance to be diverted against the British
at Ypres. French determination to win back Alsace-Lorraine plunged
the Vosges region into fluid conflict for over a year from August
1914 before both sides realized the impossibility of a decisive
success in this area. The three-year struggle between Italy and
Austria across the alpine passes was to draw German, British and
French forces into the region. Anglo-French assistance to the Serbs
through Salonika produced a standoff between the Allies and the
Central Powers which was only to be resolved in the last months of
the war.
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