WW1 History from Viceroy Books

Birlinn, 2017. New book, 256 pages. On 21 March 1918 Germany initiated one of the most ferocious and offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on allied positions in a series of ferocious attacks which caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces and drove the British back towards the Channel ports. Five days… Ler mais sobre este item

Big Sky Publishing, 2011. New book, 408 pages. "Truly we are objects of interest to the Jerries we meet on the road, and especially in the villages. Taunts are hurled at us; epithets are numerous, and souvenir hunters molest us, but so far not violently. After passing through the village of Villers, we come across some British prisoners who are… Ler mais sobre este item

Big Sky Publishing, 2016. New book, 376 pages. Alan Smith's Allenby’s Gunners tells the story of artillery in the highly successful World War I Sinai and Palestine campaigns. Following Gallipoli and the reconstitution of the AIF, a shortage of Australian gunners saw British Territorial artillery allotted to the Australian Light Horse and New Zealand Mounted Rifle brigades. It was a… Ler mais sobre este item

Presidio Press, 2017. New book, 688 pages. A bracing, indispensable account of America's epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country into the savage European conflict that would… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Pacific Downunder, 2008. New book, 314 pages. After 25 years of diligent research, noted Aero Historian Neville Hayes presents the often overlooked story of the training of pilots at Richmond, New South Wales, for service in World War I. While the Defence Department's Central Flying School at Point Cook struggled to keep training planes in the air, the NSW Government… Ler mais sobre este item

Hachette Australia, 2009. New book, 550 pages. This is the stirring story of the Australian Light Horse in the Middle East in World War I, culminating in their brilliant victories in Gaza, Beersheba and Damascus. The Australian Light Horse was a unique force, first raised during the Boer War, and then reformed for World War I. Most of the men… Ler mais sobre este item

Boolarong Press, 2010. New book, 233 pages. Diaries of a Stretcher-Bearer is the story of a family that came to Australia before WWI and found itself immersed in the war with four family members taking part. It is a day-to-day account of the heroism of the stretcher-bearers during WWI. These men walked out into no man’s land, picked up the… Ler mais sobre este item

Boolarong Press, 2011. New book, 314 pages. The men of the 9th Battalion, a Queensland based unit of the AIF, were among the very first wave of volunteers to enlist for war service in what was initially thought of as the ‘great adventure’ with their mates following the outbreak of World War 1. For these young men reality would soon… Ler mais sobre este item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, RAID07, 64 pages. On the night of 22-23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend - Operation Z-O. Under the cover of clouds and smoke, over 70 ships and an assault force of 1,800 Royal Marines embarked on a daring mission which involved… Ler mais sobre este item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 96 pages, CAM238. At 1:00 am on September 12, 1918, accompanied by rain and lightning, the American Army launched its first major offensive of World War I. Supported by French Colonial troops, the American IV and V Corps burst through the weakened German line at St. Mihiel and seized numerous objectives while taking over… Ler mais sobre este item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 96 pages, CAM225. At 0310 hours on 7 June 1917, the pre-dawn gloom on the Western Front was shattered by the ‘pillars of fire’ - the rapid detonation of 19 huge mines, secreted in tunnels under the German lines and containing 450 tonnes of explosives. Admitted by the Germans to be a ‘masterstroke’, the… Ler mais sobre este item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 64 pages, CMD19. Thomas Edward Lawrence, more popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, was one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, immortalized on stage and screen, whose exploits in the Middle East in the second half of World War I helped shape the campaign in that part of the world. In… Ler mais sobre este item