Research Catalog

Title

Lost opportunity : the Battle of the Ardennes 22 August 1914 / Simon J. House.

Author

House, Simon J.

Publication

• Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Company Limited, 2017.
• ©2016

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Description

252 pages, viii pages of plates : color illustrations, color maps; 26 cm +

Summary

On 22 August 1914 - on a battlefield 100 kilometres wide stretching from Luxembourg to the River Meuse - two French and two German armies clashed in a series of encounters known collectively as the Battle of the Ardennes. On that day, 27,000 young French soldiers died - the bloodiest day in the military history of France (most of them in the Ardennes) - and yet it is almost unknown to English-speaking readers. There has never been an operational study of the Battle of the Ardennes in any language: at best, a single chapter in a history of greater scope; at least a monograph of an individual tactical encounter within the overall battle. This book fills a glaring gap in the study of the opening phase of the First World War - the Battles of the Frontiers - and provides fresh insight into both French and German plans for the prosecution of what was supposed to be a short war.

Subject

• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front
• Ardennes (France) > History, Military

Genre/Form

Military history

Note

• Accompanied by a "Map book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-247) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part One: The operational study -- 1. Operational overview -- 2. Army operations -- Part Two: The French lost opportunities -- 3. Neufchâteau -- 4. Maissin-Anloy -- 5. The other battles -- Part Three: Analysis -- 6. Preparation for war -- 7. Doctrine -- 8. Training -- 9. Armaments and equipment -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendix: Orders of battle.

ISBN

• 9781911096429
• 1911096427

OCLC

949871268

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library