Germany's Western Front: 1915: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War

ISBN-13: 9781554580514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 462 str.

Markosborne Humphries; John Maker

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This multi-volume series in seven parts is the first English-language translation of Der Weltkrieg, the German official history of the First World War. Originally produced between 1925 and 1944 using classified archival records that were destroyed in the aftermath of the Second World War, Der Weltkrieg is the untold story of Germany's experience on the Western front, in the words of its official historians, making it vital to the study of the war and official memory in Weimar and Nazi Germany. Although exciting new sources have recently been uncovered in former Soviet archives, this work remains the basis of future scholarship. It is essential reading for any scholar, graduate student, or enthusiast of the Great War. This volume, the first of the series to appear in print, focuses on 1915, the first year of trench warfare. For the first time in the history of warfare, poison gas was used against French and Canadian troops at Ypres. Meanwhile, conflict raged in the German High Command over the political and military direction of the war. The year 1915 also set the stage for the bloodbath at Verdun and sealed the fate of the German Supreme Commander, Erich von Falkenhayn. This is the official version of that story. Foreword by Hew Strachan Co-published with the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies

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• Germany's Western Front: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War 1915, edited by Mark Osborne Humphries and John Maker
• Table of Maps
• Preface
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• A Note on the Translation and Sources
• PART I: WINTER AND SPRING
• 1. The Question of the War's Centre of Gravity in January
• 2. The Western Front to the Middle of April
• Decision-making at the OHL
• Operations on Western Front until the Middle of February 1915
• The Battle of Soissons
• Seventh Army
• The Winter Battle in the Champagne
• Fifth Army
• The French and British High Commands at the Beginning of the Year
• The Apex of the Winter Battle in the Champagne from the Middle of February until the Middle of March 1915
• Intentions of the French Commanders in the Champagne
• The German Defence
• Operations on the Remainder of the Western Front from the Middle of February to the Middle of March 1915
• The Battle at Neuve Chapelle
• Armee Abteilung Strantz
• The OHL's Return to the Western Front
• The Defensive Battles from the Middle of March until the Middle of April
• The Defensive Battle of Armee Abteilung Strantz
• Armee-Abteilung Strantz
• 3. The Change in Falkenhayn's Plans
• The Creation of the New GHQ Reserve
• The Plan to Mount a Decisive Breakthrough Operation in the West
• The Political Situation and its Influence on the Military Decision-Making
• To the Dardanelles Offensive
• To the Employment of the GHQ Reserve in the East
• PART II: SPRING AND SUMMER
• 4. The General Situation of the Central Powers in May
• The Intervention of Italy
• The Intensification of the Economic Situation and Economic Warfare by Submarine
• The Manpower and Ammunition Situation to the End of the Year
• 5. The Western Front from the Middle of April to the Beginning of August
• Operations to the Start of the Spring Battle at the Beginning of May
• The OHL and the Western Army in April
• Fourth Army's Gas Attack at Ypres
• The Offensive Battles of the Armee Abteilungs Strantz and Gaede
• The Actions of the French and British Commanders to the Beginning of May
• The Beginning of the Spring Offensive in the Artois
• Sixth Army's Battles from 9-14 May
• General Lochow's Assumption of Command on the Main Battle Front and the Fighting until the Middle of June
• Operations of the Remaining Armies on the Western Front from the Middle of May to the End of July
• The Renewal of the Major Offensive in the Artois: Operations from 16-18 June to the End of the Spring Offensive
• The Reorganization of the Western Army Part I: Until the Beginning of August
• 6. Overview of the Multi-Front War During the Summer
• The General Situation to the Beginning of August
• The OHL's Peace Efforts
• Shifting the War's Centre of Gravity
• PART III: SUMMER AND AUTUMN
• 7. Overview of the Military Situation to the Middle of September
• 8. The Western Front from Mid-August to the Beginning of the Autumn Offensive
• The Enemy's Situation and Plans in the Summer
• The OHL from August to 22 September
• The Events on the Western Front until 22 September
• In the Artois
• In the Champagne
• On the Remainder of the Western Front
• 9. The Autumn Offensive in the Artois and Champagne
• The Preparation for the Battle (22 to 24 September 1915)
• In the Artois
• In the Champagne
• The OHL until Noon on 25 September
• The 25th of September
• The Attack in the Artois
• The Attack in the Champagne
• Actions of the OHL during the afternoon of 25 September
• 26 September
• In the Artois
• In the Champagne
• The Situation at the OHL
• The Further Course of the Battle until the end of September
• In the Artois: Operations, 30 September-10 October
• In the Champagne: Operations, 11-13 October
• In the Artois: Operations, 30 September-10 October
• In the Artois: Operations, 11-13 October
• In the Champagne: Operations, 30 September-5 October
• In the Champagne: New Major Offensive Operations after 6 October
• The Enemy's Situation at the End of the Offensive
• Lessons Learned from the Fall Offensive
• 10. The Western Front to the End of the Year
• Operations of the Remaining Armies until mid-October
• The Reorganization of the Western Army Part II
• Operations from mid-October until the End of the Year
• Fourth Army
• Sixth, Second, and Seventh Armies
• Third Army
• Fifth Army
• Armee Abteilung Strantz
• Armee Abteilung Falkenhausen
• Armee Abteilung Gaede
• The Entente's Situation in the West at the End of the Year
• The Situation at the OHL in November and December
• 11. The Central Powers' Situation at the End of 1915
• APPENDICES
• Appendix 1: A Comparison of German, British, and French Artillery in the Spring Battles in the Artois
• Appendix 2: A Comparison of German, British, and French Artillery in the Autumn Battles
• Appendix 3: A Comparison of Forces at War's Beginning and the end of 1915
• Appendix 4: Overview of Powder and Munitions Production from War's Beginning to the End of 1915
• Appendix 5: Standing Orders for the Defence in the West
• Selected Bibliography
• Index