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Drawing heavily on the combat records of the unit formations it offers a blend of military analysis and insights into the lived experience of the men whilst outside the front line. This book brings alive the record of the 1st Division. Starting with mobilization in 1914 and its deployment as part of the original BEF, the story of the 1st Division is taken right through to the occupation of Germany after the Armistice. The book encompasses the familiar battles of 1st Ypres and Aubers Ridge before looking at the Somme from the perspective of a division fed into the line after the battle started.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book opens with a detailed discussion of the extent to which Britain had committed itself to supporting France before 1914.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the title says, 1st Division was there on the Western Front from the very beginning to the beyond the end of hostilities and therefore exemplifies so much about the way in which the men of the British Army faced the trials of this dehumanizingly large scale conflict.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736157298961,"sku":"NGR9781912866205","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53338202571025,"sku":"GOR014858116","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/191286620X.jpg?v=1751630096"},{"product_id":"mud-blood-and-determination-book-simon-peaple-9781804515655","title":"Mud, Blood and Determination","description":"\u003cb\u003eA modern history of the 46th Division and their evolution in combat effectiveness and reexamining historical interpretations of key figures and events.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking modern history of the 46th (North Midland) Division draws upon a vast array of largely neglected sources from a variety of archives, and challenges some comfortable assumptions. University historians' increasingly positive views of Haig are challenged by primary evidence of his own blatant willingness to change his mind to protect his promotion prospects. The overall theme is of how the ordinary Tommies of 46th Division learnt to fight more effectively and ultimately stormed the Hindenburg Line. In dealing with the Somme, the book effectively rewrites our understanding of Third Army's experience; the book demonstrates that Middlebrook was mistaken in accepting the claim by Major General Stuart-Wortley that he was sacked for saving his men from further slaughter. That chapter concludes with the evidence of young subalterns, bringing to life moments in history that illuminate a generation's experience of the carnage of war. All previous large-scale studies have focused on elite units, but this book follows this un-fancied, often belittled, division along the learning curve of the British Army. The book therefore develops the view put forward in studies of the Canadian Corps, and reflected in modern biographies of leading commanders, that the British Army gradually developed the system of bite and hold. The poignant chapter on a Shot at Dawn and the concluding chapter on the poor postwar treatment of the many miners make this book more than a purely military history by linking the First World War to its social, political and economic context.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50762161717521,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50762164306193,"sku":"GOR014062433","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52110949974289,"sku":"NGR9781804515655","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1804515655.jpg?v=1751630605"},{"product_id":"mud-blood-and-determination-book-simon-peaple-9781910294666","title":"Mud, Blood and Determination","description":"This groundbreaking modern history of the 46th (North Midland) Division draws upon a vast array of largely neglected sources from a variety of archives, and challenges some comfortable assumptions. 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Mud, Blood and Determination brings scholarly debate, detailed historical accounts and the wider implications of war together for both the specialist military history buff and the general reader, and with the added dimension that it will have poignant local interest across Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire whose Territorials went off to war in March 1915.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51247698805009,"sku":"GOR010962495","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1910294667.jpg?v=1750964385"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-simon-peaple.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}