Home Before the Leaves Fall: A New History of the German Invasion of 1914

by Ian Senior and Mary Louise Kelly

Book Overview

The German invasion of France and Belgium in August 1914 came within an ace of defeating the French armies, capturing Paris, and ending the First World War before the autumn leaves had fallen. But the German armies failed to score the knock-out blow they had planned. The war would drag on for four years of unprecedented slaughter.

There are many accounts of 1914 from the British point of view. The achievements of the British Expeditionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849088438
• ISBN13: 9781849088435
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"