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This book looks at the major British offensive in 1915 when the British Expeditionary Force, embarked on a battle that it did not want to fight over ground that was quite unsuitable for the attack.
About the Author
The author: (Location: Eastry, Kent) was a regular officer of the Royal Gurkha Rifles until retiring from the Army in 1998. He is now a freelance historian and his previous book published by Spellmount is entitled Sepoys in the Trenches. He appears regularly on television documentaries and has presented a number of TV series dealing with various aspects of military history.
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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Loos 1915: The Unwanted 'Book',
By CRG (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Loos 1915: The Unwanted Battle (Hardcover)
I have a deep interest in Loos as my Great Grandfather fought there, therefore I try to gather and read as much as I can on this subject. However, on opening this book, I discovered that the photos used had little or nothing to do with the battle, the maps were poor and the text was littered with inaccuracies. Overall, not a very good take on the Battle of Loos.
This book bares no comparrision to that of 'Most Unfavourable Ground' which in my view is easily the best book on the subject.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good all inclusive all round account of the British Army in 1915,
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This review is from: Loos 1915: The Unwanted Battle (Hardcover)
I would urge people to ignore the first puerile review. This book deals with the problems facing the British Army in general on the western front. It uses Loos as the typical example of the difficulties the British Army, and all armies had, of exploiting breakthroughs in enemy defences in the first war that was, in every sense, different to those that had gone before. It also focuses on the political and military view: how the British saw the western front, its place in British strategy and the lessons learned. It was never intended to be a detailed blow by blow account of the battle itself. Family historians should look elsewhere - as they would miss the point of this book entirely. When married to subsequent books on the the battles of 1916,17 and 18, one begins to see Loos, and to a greater extent the Somme, as important battles that had positive political and military results. It was the start of the British Army's learning curve, which by 1918, contributed to it becomming the most sophisticated army in the world.
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