The First World War: the Western Front, 1917-1918
"World War I stands as a watershed in the evolution of modern warfare, with the development of sophisticated trench systems forming a battlefield over 400 miles long; innovations in weaponry and equipment; and the introduction of tanks in battle. Without the ordinary soldier, ho…
This book examines the day-to-day lives of the men as they fought and died in the trenches, from their recruitment and training to their combat experience. It provides an extensive re-assessment of trench warfare, a revolutionary tactic that challenged the war, and details devel…
Stephen Bull provides a picture of trench warfare, from the construction of the trenches and their different types, to the new weaponry & tactics employed in defence & attack. Annotated trench maps highlight particular features of the trenches, while photographs & documents comb…
An authoritative history of the trenches, drawing on the renowned resources and photographic collections of the Imperial War Museum, providing unique insight into trench warfare on the Western Front.
Stephen Bull provides a picture of trench warfare, from the construction of the trenches and their different types, to the new weaponry & tactics employed in defence & attack. Annotated trench maps highlight particular features of the trenches, while photographs & documents comb…
World War I aerial combat went through periods of alternating aerial superiority based on technology leaps. Sopwith Camels, Fokkers, and Spads became famous because they dominated later in the war, but this was an ongoing cycle for years. In the spring of 1916 the deployment of …
Royal Prussian Jagdgeschwader Nr III... form[ed] in preparation for the coming offensive of March 1918. ... JG III, ... commanded by ... ace Hauptmann Bruno Loerzer for its entire existence, ... equipped largely with the new Fokker Dr I triplane, [its] four subunits would play a…
The Canadian Corps in World War I
by Embleton, G. A., (Gerry A.), Chartrand, René
fromMen-at-arms
This book describes the organization, lists the units and illustrates the uniforms and equipment of the four Canadian divisions which earned an elite reputation on the Western Front in 1915-18. Canada's 600,000 troops - of whom more than 66,000 died and nearly 150,000 were wound…
