Vanishing Battalions: The Nature, Impact and Implications of British Infantry Reorganisation prior to the German Spring Offensives of 1918

Here is another abstract from our forthcoming book. ————————————————————————————————————————— Disputes concerning the structure of the British Armies in France (BAF),[1] alongside a concomitant disagreement over manpower provision, rumbled on during most of 1917. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, backed by the Army Council, argued for the status quo [...]

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Book Review – Playing the Game: The British Junior Infantry Officer on the Western Front 1914-18

Christopher Moore-Bick, Playing the Game: The British Junior Infantry Officer on the Western Front 1914-18. Solihull: Helion & Company Ltd. 2011. viii, 327 pp. £25.00 (Cloth) Reviewed by Andrew Duncan, PhD Candidate, Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham Christopher Moore-Bick studied at Cambridge and now works for the Ministry of Defence. Playing the Game [...]

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Forthcoming Book Reviews

I am pleased to announce that thanks to the generous support of Casemate Publishing we will be seeing more book reviews in the coming months. The first four reviews will be: Niklas Zetterling and Michael Tamelander, Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship (Casemate Publishing, 2009) – Reviewed by Ross Mahoney Christopher Moore-Bick, Playing [...]

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‘A Contemptible Little Army’ The BEF in 1914

Centre for War Studies Public Programme The Autumn Day School Saturday, 12 November 2011 ‘A Contemptible Little Army’ The BEF in 1914 The British Official Historian Sir James Edmonds described the British Expeditionary Force that sailed for France in August 1914 as ‘in every respect … incomparably the best trained, best organized, and best equipped [...]

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