Ypres Diary 1914-15 (eBook)

The Memoirs of Sir Morgan Crofton

Gavin Roynon (Herausgeber)

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2011
288 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-6973-7 (ISBN)

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Sir Morgan Crofton fought in the Boer War and joined the 2nd Life Guards at 34 years old as a cavalry office. His diary charts his experiences on the front-line at Ypres from late October 1914 to the centenary of Waterloo in June 1915. Crofton describes a battlefield a world away from what he and any of his comrades had experienced before - one of staying still in trenches, being pounded by artillery and the terrifying new power of machine guns. He describes the bewildering pace of technological change as new weapons, such as gas and hand grenades entered the fray. His often acerbic commentary offers a fascinating glimpse into the mindset of the regular officer class and his outspoken scepticism informs our understanding of a lost generation of professional soldiers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1914 • 1915 • 2nd Life Guards • Asquith • cassel • Cloth Hall|Winston Churchill • Coalition Cabinet • Coronel • Cuxhaven • Dardanelles • Dick Deadeye • Eastern Front • Eecke • First World War • Flanders Fields • French Croix de Guerre • Front • Hazebrouck • hilaire belloc • Horses • Household Cavalry Museum|Imperial War Museum • Joffre • John Buchan • Le Havre • Machine Gun Section • military cross • Neuve Chapelle • Rouen • Royal Flying Corps • s grace • Sir Martin Gilbert • Sir Morgan Crofton • Somersets • staple • The Great War • The King • Trenches • Trooper Boyce • Vlamertinghe • Wallon-Cappel • Western Front • World War I • World War One • wwi • Ypres • Ypres Salient • Zillebeke
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-6973-8 / 0752469738
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-6973-7 / 9780752469737