20. The Memory Landscape of the South-Western Front: Cultural Legacy, Promotion of Tourism, or European Heritage?

2014 ◽  
pp. 463-500
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
Western Front ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
European Heritage

THE 4TH SIBERIAN ADVANCED MEDICALNUTRITIONALDETACHMENT OF TOMSK ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONT (1915–1916)

Rusin ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 187-199
Author(s):  
Sergey Nekrylov ◽  
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Sergey Fominykh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
Western Front

scholarly journals Sideshows at the Center - British Campaigns in the Middle East during the Great War

2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (01) ◽  
pp. 79-115
Author(s):  
Priya Satia
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Irregular Warfare ◽  
Western Front ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
British Military ◽  
Military Tactics ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

This article places the Middle East campaigns at the heart of the effort to understand the First World War's cultural impact in Britain. By doing so, it shows that the effects typically attributed to the western front—loss of faith in technology and heroism—were mediated in important ways by lessons emerging from the Middle Eastern fronts in Palestine and Mesopotamia, where the British found their faith in technology strengthened. By incorporating that cultural legacy, we can better understand why Britons remained committed to the war and why they maintained their faith in industrial development and imperial warfare after the war had ended. The heroic image of T. E. Lawrence and of the infrastructural development undertaken by the British military in Mesopotamia bolstered faith in technology and imperialism just when the western front was revealing their darker side. The article begins with a study of the unique military tactics the British adopted in the region, shaped by particular cultural notions about a largely imaginary “Arabia”: deception, irregular warfare, and airpower were used to an unprecedented degree in these campaigns. It goes on to show how the British government strove to capitalize on the propaganda effects of these “sideshows” as they became successful. In particular, they stressed the notion that the empire could find redemption in the restoration of the ancient “cradle of civilization.” Such ideas sustained idealistic notions even as the western front unleashed a new kind of cynicism.

scholarly journals III Dywizjon Lotniczy w walce z 1 Armią Konną na przedpolach Lwowa (9–19 sierpnia 1920 roku)

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-119
Author(s):  
Mariusz Niestrawski
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Front ◽  
Southern Section

In August 1920 the turning-point operations of the Polish-Soviet war took place. A battle was fought at the Wkra, Vistula and Wieprz rivers, which led to pushing back the Western Front troops of komandarm Mikhail Tukhachevsky from Warsaw and breaking up of part of his forces. The same month, in the southern section of the front, the Polish Army defended Lviv against the attempts of komandarms Alexander Yegorov and Semyon Budyonny. In the fights for Lviv, the Polish troops confronted the forces of the South-Western Front, including the legendary 1st Cavalry Army, which was the main force of the Bolsheviks intending to conquer the capital of Galicia. The Polish command, having no reserves at its disposal, directed the 3rd Air Squadron of Major Pilot Cedric Faunt le Roy to fight against the „Horsearmy”. Despite the strength of even four escadrilles at its peak (5th and 6th Reconnaissance Escadrilles, 7th Fighter Escadrille and, with time, 15th Fighter Escadrille), between 9–19 August it had in fact only a few operational planes. In spite of this, the Polish crews were tirelessly performing their tasks: reconnoitering enemy forces – their intentions and composition – and, most importantly, delaying their march. In this article the author describes the composition and tasks of the 3rd Air Squadron, and the course of its fights against the 1st Cavalry Army in August 9–19, 1920. He also drew attention to the combat tactics of Polish aviators, which he analyzed accordingly

scholarly journals Fraternization in the 8th army of the South-Western front in March-August 1917

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-182
Author(s):  
Sergey Vladimirovich Kuritsyn
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
World War ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Front ◽  
Russian Army ◽  
Military Forces ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Military ◽  
First World

This paper attempts to explore specifics of fraternization in one of the most efficient armies of the Eastern European Theater during the First World War - the 8th army of the South-Western front. The election of this chronological framework - spring-summer 1917 - was due to the fact that it was during this period of fraternization and its close forms when soldiers of the opposing armies were unprecedentedly widespread on the Russian front in general and in the 8th army in particular. This was due to the fact that after the fall of the monarchy in Russia, the soldiers masses wanted to put an end to the war. Fraternization at the front became possible due to the weakening of the power of the command staff in the conditions of the revolution. The paper presents the facts of the Austro-German side interest in fraternization development, as well as the measures taken by the command of the Russian army and the soldiers committees to stop fraternization. It should be noted that for most Russian soldiers fraternization was of great interest because it allowed them to barter with the military forces of the Quadruple Alliance, which had an opportunity to obtain bread in exchange for any things or alcohol.

Recessional

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Dominy
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
World War I ◽  
British Empire ◽  
World War ◽  
The South ◽  
Internment Camp ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Western Front ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Economic Influence

This chapter examines the last few years of the garrison, the fate of the last regiment on the Western Front after the outbreak of World War I, the fate of Fort Napier, and its place in folk memories. From May 31, 1910, Natal was no longer a separate colony within the British Empire, and Pietermaritzburg ceased to be a colonial capital. Pietermaritzburg in particular suffered a loss of political status and economic influence. This chapter first recounts the Battle of Ypres that saw the South Staffordshire Regiment and the British Army's 7th Division suffer heavily at the hands of the German troops. It then considers the closure of the internment camp at Fort Napier in early 1919, along with the red tape involved in dealing with ex-servicemen returning after World War I. It also discusses the passage of the Union Defence Act and the eventual withdrawal of British troops from Natal and concludes with an overview of the absorption of the garrison's military traditions into popular culture.

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