British & Irish History: First World War

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See also: History & Archaeology

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  Douglas Haig And The First World War - J. P. Harris - Paperback
  Sir Douglas Haig has been portrayed as both an incompetent 'butcher and bungler' and a clear-sighted, imperturbable 'architect of victory'. However, in this magisterial new account, J.P. Harris sheds new light the man who played a vital role in the campaign that finally broke the German army.
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  Architect Of Victory: Douglas Haig - Walter Reid - Paperback
  Douglas Haig's popular image is an unenviable one, yet Haig masterminded a British-led victory over a continental opponent on a scale that has never been matched before or since. This biography takes into account modern military scholarship and offers a picture of a comprehensible human being.
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  Come On Highlanders!: Glasgow Territorials In The Great War - Alec Weir - Paperback
  Alec Weir presents this fascinating and detailed account of how ordinary men from all walks of life confronted and mastered the hellish conditions of trench warfare.
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  Scapa Flow: The Defences Of Britain's Great Fleet Anchorage, 1914-45 - Angus Konstam - Paperback
  This text recounts the war history of Scapa Flow, a strategically important natural harbour in the Orkney Islands, which served as Britain's main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II.
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  K Boat Catastrophe: Eight Ships And Five Collisions - N. S. Nash - Hardback
  On 31 January 1918, nine K Class submarines sailed with the Grand Fleet to an exercise in the North Sea. However, as they approached the Isle of May, navigational problems broke out and the resultant collisions accounted for the loss of 105 men. This book explores the fiasco and the secret court marshal proceedings which ensued.
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  When I Heard The Bell: The Loss Of The Iolaire - John MacLeod - Hardback
  John MacLeod tells the story of the Iolaire, the astonishing commitment of the people of Lewis to the war against the Kaiser, its sickening end, and the way of life the disaster effectively destroyed - a tipping-point, he argues, in the overthrow of an old human economy which deprived the Isle of Lewis of an entire generation.
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  Douglas Haig And The First World War - J. P. Harris - Hardback
  Sir Douglas Haig has been portrayed as both an incompetent 'butcher and bungler' and a clear-sighted, imperturbable 'architect of victory'. However, in this magisterial new account, J.P. Harris sheds new light the man who played a vital role in the campaign that finally broke the German army.
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  Bonner VC: The Biography Of Gus Bonner, VC And Master Mariner - Sue Satterthwaite - Hardback
  This text tells the story of a First World War holder of the Victoria Cross - Charles George (Gus) Bonner.
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  For The King's Service: Railway Ships At War - A. J. Mullay - Hardback
  The author tells the story of the many railway steamers which joined the fight to rid the world of the Axis yoke, and of the successes and disasters of railway ships at war.
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  For The King's Service: Railway Ships At War - A. J. Mullay - Paperback
  The author tells the story of the many railway steamers which joined the fight to rid the world of the Axis yoke, and of the successes and disasters of railway ships at war.