An Officer's Manual of the Western Front 1914-1918 (Model Shipwright)

Bull, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1844860728 / ISBN 13: 9781844860722

Edité par Conway, 2009

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N° de réf. du vendeur U9781844860722

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• Titre: An Officer's Manual of the Western Front 1914-1918 (Model Shipwright)
• Éditeur: Conway
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1844860728
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781844860722
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 1754472811.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: 47070075
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Synopsis

Many people have the idea that the Great War on the Western Front was simple, if ghastly, to fight with few tactics, and unbroken, monotonous, trench lines as the main feature of the battlefield. In such a scenario the archetypal image of battle is of soldiers with rifles and bayonets charging each other in blind obedience to stupid repetitious orders. Though undeniably bloody the war was in fact a ferment of new ideas and new weapons. Gas, flame throwers, super-heavy artillery, concrete bunkers, tanks, aircraft and other innovations were all introduced, whilst older notions such as barbed wire, machine guns and armour took on a new lease of life. No single manual was ever enough to encompass 'modern war', and even before 1914 numerous publications were required. With the focus on the Western Front and the soldiers fighting there, this unique compendium collects together a huge variety of contemporary manuals, leaflets and booklets, and shows how although operations often failed, British commanders made attempts to devise new tactics and weaponry.

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Stephen Bull is the Curator of the Museum of Lancashire in Preston. He has written two major volumes on arms and armour and bestselling volumes on Trench Warfare and World War II Infantry Tactics. He lives in Preston.