| Aircraft and Submarines Contributor(s): Abbot, Willis J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 6257078172 ISBN-13: 9786257078177 Publisher: Platanus Publishing OUR PRICE: $14.81 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - General - History | Military - General |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.18 lbs) 402 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "It was at Mons in the third week of the Great War. Thegrey-green German hordes had overwhelmed the greaterpart of Belgium and were sweeping down into Francewhose people and military establishment were all unpreparedfor attack from that quarter. For days the little Britisharmy of perhaps 100,000 men, that forlorn hope which theGermans scornfully called "contemptible," but which manfor man probably numbered more veteran fighters thanany similar unit on either side, had been stoutly holdingback the enemy's right wing and fighting for the delay thatalone could save Paris. At Mons they had halted, hopingthat here was the spot to administer to von Kluck, beatingupon their front, the final check. The hope was futile.Looking back upon the day with knowledge of what GeneralFrench's army faced-a knowledge largely denied tohim-it seems that the British escape from annihilationwas miraculous. And indeed it was due to a modern miracle-the conquest of the air by man in the development ofthe airplane." |