Keith Bonn
In three months of savage fighting, the U.S. Seventh Army did what no army in the history of modern warfare had ever done before-conquer an enemy defending the Vosges Mountains. With the toughest terrain on the Western Front, the Vosges mountain ... [... more]
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Peter Doyle
This spectacular visual chronicle brings together 200 previously unseen panoramic images of World War I, covering the Western Front from end to end and from all years of the war. Taken at huge personal risk by the Royal Engineers for secret ... [... more]
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Norman Franks
Undoubtedly the most famous fighter type to see service on either side during World War 1, the Fokker Dr I was a revelation when it entered service on the western front in 1917. Manfred von Richthofen's JG 1 'circus' was the first Jasta to ... [... more]
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Alexander Turner
Vimy Ridge was one of the most important geographic features on the entire Western Front in World War I. In early 1917 it was considered practically impregnable, but on 9 April the Canadian Army Corps, under the command of the British Lieutenant ... [... more]
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Bruce Gudmundsson
Over 200 divisions fought on the Western Front during the first year of World War I and those best suited to the challenges of trench warfare were the six infantry divisions of the original British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Their superiority was ... [... more]
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Alistair McCluskey
Through the spring of 1918 Germany had been on the offensive on the Western Front but had failed to break the Allies at any point. In July they had been forced back from the river Marne and were once again on the defensive. The Allies were now ... [... more]
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