Peter Chasseaud – författare

Follow the conflict of the World War 1 from 1914-1918 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary and photographs. Published in association and including mapping from the archives of the Imperial War Museums.Ebook best viewed on a tablet.Over 100 maps demonstrating how the Great War was fought around the world.Types of maps featured:• Small scale maps showing country boundaries and occupied territories• Large-scale maps covering the key battles and offensives on all fronts of the war• Trench maps showing detailed positions of the front line• Maps from newspapers, battle planning and propagandaKey offensives covered include:• The Battles of the Marne and Ypres• Tannenberg and the Eastern Front• Verdun and the Somme• The Gallipoli Campaign• Battle of Jutland• The Advances to Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad• Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele• German 1918 offensives and Allied counter-offensives• Battle of JutlandAlong with the maps, key historical events are described, giving an illustrated history of the war from an expert historian.

When first published in 2006, Rats Alley was a ground-breaking piece of research, the first-ever study of trench names of the Western Front. Now, in this fully updated and revised second edition, the gazetteer has been extended to well over 20,000 trench names, complete with map references – in itself an essential tool for any First World War researcher.However, combined with the finely considered history and analysis of trench naming during the First World War, this is an edition that no military history enthusiast should be without. Discover when, how and why British trenches were first named and follow the names’ fascinating development throughout the First World War, alongside details of French and German trench-naming practices.Looked at from both contemporary and modern points of view, the names reveal the full horror of trench warfare and throw an extraordinary sidelight on the cultural life of the period, and the landscape and battles of the Western Front. Names such as Lovers Lane, Idiot Corner, Cyanide Trench, Crazy Redoubt, Doleful Post, Furies Trench, Peril Avenue, Lunatic Sap and Gangrene Alley can be placed in context.With useful information on where original trench maps are held, and how to obtain copies, Rats Alley is a vital volume for both military and family historians.

The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth – that the War Office was unprepared for Dardanelles operations and gave Sir Ian Hamilton little in the way of maps and terrain intelligence. This myth is repeated by current historians. The Dardanelles Commission became a battleground of accusation and counter-accusation. This book, incorporating much previously unpublished material, demonstrates that geographical intelligence preparations had indeed been made by the War Office and the Admiralty for decades. They had collected a huge amount of terrain information, maps and charts covering the topography and defences, and knew a great deal about Greek plans to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula. At least one plan was Anglo-Greek!Much of this material, which is here identified and evaluated, was handed over to Hamilton’s Staff. Additional material was obtained in theatre before the landings, T. E. Lawrence playing a part. Grasping Gallipolli, which is the first book to examine the intelligence and mapping side of the Dardanelles campaign, looks closely at its terrain, and describes the production and development of new operations maps, and clarifies whether the intelligence was properly processed and efficiently used. It also examines the use of aerial photos taken by the Royal Naval Air Service during the campaign, and charting, hydrographic and other intelligence work by the Royal Navy.