The German Army At Ypres 1914 Jack Sheldon Foreword By Professor Hew Strachan by Jack Sheldon, Foreword By, Professor Hew Strachan 9781399014526, 1399014528 instant download after payment.

There are those who consider that the BEF was all that saved civilisation as the first year of the Great War drew to its end.
This history draws on the comprehensive histories of the participating German regiments found in the Kriegsarchiv Munich, Germany and the Hauptstaatsarchiv in Stuttgart (also in Germany). 

The narrative adopts a chronological approach. 

The book focuses on some of the most bitterly disputed battles of the first three months of the war, when the Germans strained to achieve a breakthrough and the BEF resisted heroically, at the price of its own long term destruction.
Once again this work employs a similar format to the Author's previous works; that is to say the greater part of the text uses the words of the German participants themselves and the primary focus of the book covers the experiences of the fighting troops at regimental level and below. Linking paragraphs provide historical context and commentary and evidence from senior commanders will be introduced as necessary.
Jack Sheldon is now firmly established as the leading authority on the Imperial German Army in the First World War. A retired soldier he now lives in France and is fully engaged in researching and writing. His German Army on the Somme was a run-away success and he has now built up his reputation with The German Army At Passchendael, the German Army at Cambrai and The German Army on Vimy Ridge. Also included is a Foreword by Professor Hew Strachan of All Souls College, Oxford University England.