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Ireland’s Wars: Mons
The early days of the war in Europe, for the men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) anyway, were a helter-skelter affair of rapid mobilisation, a boat ride across the Irish Sea or English Channel and a march through the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, bef, belgium, france, French, history, ireland, mons, royal irish dragoons, royal irish regiment, royal irish rifles, von kluck, war, world war one
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: The Marne
Heading back to 1914 and perhaps the last fight of Eric Hobsbawm’s “the long nineteenth century“. Name: The First Battle of the Marne The War: The First World War When: 5 – 12 September 1914 Where: Along the Marne River to … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged 1914, airplanes, bef, britain, decisive battles, fifth army, first, first army, foch, france, germany, history, hitler, joffre, john french, manoury, paris, russia, schlieffen plan, second army, sixth army, taxis, the marne, von bulow, von kluck, von moltke, war, world war one, ww1
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