Holger H Herwig

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1) The Marne, 1914: the opening of World War I and the battle that changed the world

Author

Herwig, Holger H

Pub. Date

2009

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

xix, 391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

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It is one of the essential events of military history, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars. This is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, giving, for the first time, all sides of the story. Military historian Holger H. Herwig reinterprets Germany's aggressive Schlieffen Plan as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He also...

2) The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918

Author

Herwig, Holger H

Series

Modern wars

Pub. Date

1997

Physical Desc

xix, 490 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

3) Biographical dictionary of World War I

Author

Herwig, Holger H

Pub. Date

1982

Physical Desc

xiv, 424 pages : maps ; 29 cm

Language

English

4) Long night of the tankers: Hitler's war against Caribbean oil

Author

Bercuson, David Jay

Series

Beyond boundaries volume no. 4

Publisher

University of Calgary Press

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

1 online resource (xix, 344 pages) : illustrations.

Language

English

Description

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Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a lesser-known but critical component of the Atlantic naval theatre during World War II. Using war diaries, after-action reports, and first-hand accounts, authors Bercuson and Herwig examine the story behind Operation Neuland, the German plan to interrupt vital oil supplies from reaching the United States and the United Kingdom by preventing Allied oil tankers from leaving refineries in the Caribbean....