Research Catalog

Title

The great war dawning : Germany and its army at the start of World War I / Frank Buchholz, Janet Robinson, Joe Robinson.

Author

Buchholz, Frank, 1962-

Publication

• Vienna, Austria : Verlag Militaria, [2013]
• ©2013

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Additional Authors

• Robinson, Janet A., 1946-
• Robinson, Joe, 1955-

Description

xxv, 532 pages ; 80 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps (some color); 27 cm +

Summary

"The imperial Germany army in 1914 was not the juggernaut that many presumed; rather, it was a force mired in tradition that had developed many structural weaknesses. Most English-language histories of the Great War's battles are based on British sources; the authors of this book based their analyses on many original German sources"--Back cover.

Subject

• Germany. Heer
• 1789-1999
• World War, 1939-1945 > Armed Forces > History. > Germany
• Military readiness
• Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Forces armées > Histoire. > Allemagne
• Armements
• Armed Forces
• Germany > Armed Forces > History > World War, 1939-1945
• Germany > History > 1789-1900
• Germany > History > 20th century
• Allemagne > Histoire > 1789-1900
• Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Germany

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Two maps inside front cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-532).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The making of imperial Germany -- The government and constitution -- Royalty, the Reich and its states and provinces -- The social political and economic structure of the Reich -- National service -- The peacetime military -- Army organization -- Army reserve, Landwehr, Landsturm, and Ersatz-Reserve -- the officer corps -- Military life and training -- Doctrine in general -- Infantry doctrine -- Cavalry doctrine -- Artillery doctrine -- Logistics -- War and mobilization -- Execution issues.

ISBN

• 9783902526656
• 3902526653

OCLC

• 880422111
• SCSB-11733682

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library