Strategy and command : the Anglo-French coalition on the Western Front, 1915 / / Roy A. Prete

• Autore: Prete Roy A (Roy Arnold), <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, Kingston : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.341
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain; World War, 1914-1918 - France
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- STRATEGY AND COMMAND -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Setting the Stage: The Political and Military Background -- 2 Trench Warfare: Strategic Re-Evaluation and the Zeebrugge-Ostend Coastal Plan, December 1914-13 January 1915 -- 3 Conflicting Strategies: The 29th Division and Neuve Chapelle, 14 January-13 March 1915 -- 4 Planning the Spring Offensive and the Command Issue, 14 March-21 April 1915 -- 5 Second Ypres and Joint Planning for the Artois Offensive, 22 April-8 May 1915 -- 6 Operations: The Artois Offensive, 9 May-25 June 1915 -- 7 Catalyst for Change: Impact of the Artois Offensive -- 8 Strategic Conflict: The Calais and Chantilly Conferences, July 1915 -- 9 Objections to Loos and British Strategic Reversal, July-August 1915 -- 10 Operations: The Loos and Artois-Champagne Offensive, September-October 1915 -- 11 Salonika, Egypt, and the Western Front, September-December 1915 -- 12 Preparation for 1916: Leadership Changes and Strategic Coordination -- 13 Reflections and Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on extensive research in French political and military archives, this new in-depth study of Anglo-French military relations on the Western Front in 1915 fills a major gap in the unfolding drama of the First World War.
• Titolo autorizzato: Strategy and command
• ISBN: 0-2280-0770-4; 0-2280-0769-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815872303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II