tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post3490517935499043571..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: By the Way — Let's Not Forget Salonika Eithersnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-32584018683443992422016-08-13T19:49:07.992-07:002016-08-13T19:49:07.992-07:00Didn't d'Espèrey enter Istanbul a la 1453?...Didn't d'Espèrey enter Istanbul a la 1453?Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82495725527429285662016-08-13T19:47:53.702-07:002016-08-13T19:47:53.702-07:00That's a new one on me, David. Thanks.That's a new one on me, David. Thanks.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-86820259262685270432016-08-12T03:02:39.263-07:002016-08-12T03:02:39.263-07:00June 1918 saw the appointment of French General Fr...June 1918 saw the appointment of French General Franchet dEspèrey as Commander in Chief of the grandiloquently named Allied Armies of the Orient, derisively termed the Gardeners of Salonica by Clemenceau. But, as pointed out by Gordon Brook-Shepherd in his book November 1918, d'Espérey was the only commander of the war to occupy two enemy capitals: Constantinople and Sofia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569175249488616541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-44051138589813665652016-08-11T17:34:50.935-07:002016-08-11T17:34:50.935-07:00Owen Rutter's marvelous long poem, The Song of...Owen Rutter's marvelous long poem, The Song of Tiadatha, is based on Rutter's experiences with the BSF (British Salonika Forces). David BeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-23002115170312191762016-08-11T10:35:11.562-07:002016-08-11T10:35:11.562-07:00Fascinating theater, and deeply neglected.
In his...Fascinating theater, and deeply neglected.<br /><br />In his _Ottoman Endgame_ McMeekin judges the Macedonian front to be "the real catalyst of defeat for the Central Powers" (394). I wonder where that claim stands in WWI historiography now.<br /><br />I wonder how much of the lack of historical attention is due to Britain's small involvement, or the general Western tendency to Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.com