ARMY UNIFORMS OF WORLD WAR 1

 

ARMY UNIFORMS OF WORLD WAR 1

 Author: Andrew Mollo & Pierre Turner
 Publisher: Blandford Press
 Place and Date: Dorset, 1977
 Language: English  

Description

When Europe went to war in 1914, it did so in a mood of joyous certainty. Both sides were confident that their causes were just, that their armies were invincible, and that their consequent victories would be glorious, overwheiming and practically immediate. So inexhaustible are the springs of human optimism that it was some time before the nations as a whole realised that the war was not progressing in accordance with their first ingenuous suppositions, and that they would be called upon to pay for their days of ardour throughout the years of pain and anguish.

Such optimism as was so clearly manifest in the opposing armies in the late summer and autumn of 1914 was coincidentally reflected in their colourful uniforms; but all too soon, as the ‘Doctrine of Attrition’, of doubtful inspiration, entrenched the belligerents on the Western Front, the magnificently decorative military dress of the old world gave way to the muted, coloured ‘protective clothing’ of today. As an example, it was not until one whole year after the commencement of hostilities that France forswore her brightly-coloured, prewar uniforms and adopted horizon blue.

This volume covers the peace-time and field uniforms of the metropolitan armies and aviation services, which fought in Europe at the heart of the struggle in World War 1. This is Andrew Mollo’s twelfth book on military uniform. When not writing books, he works as a historical consultant and has codirected two highly-acclaimed feature films It Happened Here and Winstaniey.

AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS

 

  AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS

 

   Author: Arch Whitehouse
   Publisher: Doubleday & Company Inc.
   Place and Date: New York, 1963
   Language: English 

Description

Amphibious operations, or combined operations as they were known early in World War II, are not new. For centuries military leaders have had to plan ship-to-shore invasions of enemy coasts, each campaign providing new and unusual experiences, specialized equipment, and pages of valor. Amphibious assaults in which the commences on water and moves ashore against a defender lodged close to the shoreline are, in most cases, "shockers," for combined operations are a complicated undertaking with many problems and aspects. The invader goes in intending to shock the attacker defender while the attacker is also usually shackled with the dread of what may happen. The impact of an amphibious operation can be greater than its military intent or psychological-political outcome. Today, under the pressure of necessity amphibious landings achieve a new synthesis of the various forms of violence practiced by the Navy, Army, and Air Force.

 About the Author

Arthur George Joseph "Arch" Whitehouse  (1875-1979), M.M. was a World War I Veteran and author of World War I aviation books. 

He was born in England, but lived in Montvale, New Jersey, U.S.A. At the outbreak of World War I, Whitehouse came to England and enlisted as a Private with the Northamptonshire Yeomanry. He then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was with the Northamptonshire Yeomanry again , then transferred to the Royal Air Force.