The publisher has pulled out all the stops to make this a memorable Great War Centenary. This is the latest in one of the special series to commemorate WWI. The series reaches 1917 in this book and lays out in an outstanding photographic presentation the year that many claim as the turning point in favour of the Allies – Highly Recommended.
NAME: The Great War Illustrated 1917, Archive and Colour Photographs of WWI FILE: R2611 AUTHOR: William Langford, Jack Holroyd PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword BINDING: hard back PAGES: 480 PRICE: £15.99 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: War, Great War, First World War, WWI, World War 1, World War I, technology, naval warfare, war at sea, war in the air, trench war, mining,soldiers, war of attrition, surprises of war, turning point, 1917. ISBN: 1-47388-161-7 IMAGE: B2611.jpg BUYNOW: http://tinyurl.com/y7cwrhgx LINKS: DESCRIPTION: The publisher has pulled out all the stops to make this a memorable Great War Centenary. This is the latest in one of the special series to commemorate WWI. The series reaches 1917 in this book and lays out in an outstanding photographic presentation the year that many claim as the turning point in favour of the Allies – Highly Recommended. After all the years of bloodshed, when it seemed that peace was a very distant vision, 1917 was the point where all the elements started to snap into place for the Allies, even though the Russian Revolution providing the opportunity for Germany to move its Eastern Armies West. The tank was at last coming into operation in numbers and offering a way to punch through the German trenches. In the air, the British were producing larger numbers of very effective fighters and bombers. At sea, the submarine had come of age, but was already meeting new convoy escorts with much more effective detection systems and weapons. Then to more than counter the loss of Russia, the Allies were joined by the United States that could pour fresh troops into battle and increase the flow of war materials and weapons. The images really are excellent and include some colour images. Text is primarily in the form of concise captions and the result is first rate.