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  • Armageddon's Walls

    British Pill Boxes, 1914–1918

    by Peter Oldham ...
    The British Army and her commonwealth Allies went to war in 1914 with little knowledge and experience of constructing permanent, shell proof protective structures. Some masonry fortifications, such as defensive blockhouses in South Africa, had been built but the Royal Engineers of the Army were more versed in simple temporary defences suitable for mobile warfare. Home defences were a limited ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • LIFE AND TIMES OF A MIDDLE EAST OIL MAN

    by PETER. A. OLDHAM ...
    "This book is about my life-leaving school with no education but finishing up as a mechanical engineer. Keep trying, and you will get what you want. Stand outside a barbershop long enough, and you will get a haircut. This book is for people who want to make it to the top of their game. Bullshit is the name of the game you find out in life that people who are above you are sometimes not as good as ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Messines Ridge

    Ypres

    by Peter Oldham ...
    Series series Battleground Europe
    The battle for the possession of the villages of Messines Ridge, Messines, Wytchaete, St. Eloi, took place in 1914-17, and the final battle for Messines in 1918. The 1917 Battle of Messines was preceded by 19 giant mine explosions and was the biggest military mining effort in history. This book gives comprehensive details of what happened where and when, together with what can be seen today, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hindenburg Line

    by Peter Oldham ...
    Series series Battleground Europe
    A deep dive into the genesis, development, and occupation of the Hindenburg Line, as well as detailed guides to the actions and battles in each sector.When the Hindenburg Line, Germany's legendary defence system, was pierced at Cambrai in November 1917, the British were so pleased and delighted that church bells were rung. But that initial elation was followed by disappointment when the Germans ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • LIFE AND TIMES OF A MIDDLE EAST OIL MAN

    by PETER. A. OLDHAM ...
    "This book is about my life-leaving school with no education but finishing up as a mechanical engineer. Keep trying, and you will get what you want. Stand outside a barbershop long enough, and you will get a haircut. This book is for people who want to make it to the top of their game. Bullshit is the name of the game you find out in life that people who are above you are sometimes not as good as ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Law and Politics at the National Industrial Relations Court 1970-75

    'Rather Peculiar Things'

    by Peter Oldham ...
    This book gives extraordinary new insights into the legal, political and industrial strife in the UK of the early 1970s, focusing on the National Industrial Relations Court and how its independence came to be injured at a time of national crisis.Constitutional and employment lawyers, and indeed anyone interested in the history of the times, will not want to be without this deeply researched yet ... Read more

    $126.39 CAD

  • Pill Boxes on the Western Front

    A Guide to the Design, Construction and Use of Concrete Pill Boxes, 1914–1918

    by Peter Oldham ...
    When the First World War froze into a static line of trenches stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss border, the most obvious means of protection against the murderous machine-gun fire which both sides inflicted upon each other was some form of shell-proof shelter which from which fire could be returned in safety, hence the development of the pill box. The idea was certainly not new but the ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Over The Top

    Great battles of the First World War

    by Martin Marix Evans ...
    The early battles of the First World War during the autumn and winter of 1914 were open, mobile affairs of the kind long familiar to professional soldiers. By early 1915, however, a new type of war had emerged - trench warfare.Modern artillery and machine-guns had been employed in the Boer War only a decade or so previously, but the perfection of their use led to the creation of a static front: ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Passchendaele Campaign, 1917

    by Andrew Rawson ...
    Series series British Expeditionary Force
    This is an account of the British Expeditionary Forces battles in the summer and autumn of 1917. It begins with the Allied plan to free up the Flanders coast, to limit German naval and submarine attacks on British shipping.The opening offensive began with the detonation of nineteen mines on 7 June and ended with the capture of the Messines Ridge. The main offensive started with success on 31 July ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1918

    The Year of Victories

    by Martin Marix Evans ...
    At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack.1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ypres 1914-1915

    The Fight for Flanders Fields

    by Will Fowler ...
    Ypres was a medieval town known for its textiles; however, fierce trench warfare, poison gas and the deadly engagements of the First World War would transform the area beyond recognition.As the German Army advanced through Belgium in the early stages of the war, its troops entered Ypres, looting the city before retreating as the British Expeditionary Force advanced. The First Battle of Ypres began ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of Loos 1915

    The Poisoned Field

    by Peter Doyle ...
    Through the first year of the First World War, Allied strategy had relied upon a series of small-scale assaults, which in reality achieved little or no ground gained. The Battle of Loos was to be different. Kitchener's Army was deployed in strength for the first time and an ambitious plan aimed to take ground over a 20-mile front.However, the battlefield was not the Allies' ideal site and the ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus