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War on the Western Front
Titre:
War on the Western Front
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Sommaire:
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, notable improvements in weaponry and equipment and the first example of tanks being used in battle. Without the ordinary soldier, however, there could have been no war; the Great War was very much a conflict of infantrymen from opposing forces. "War on the Western Front" examines the day-to-day lives of these men as they fought and died in the trenches, from their recruitment and training to combat experience, vividly recounting the shock of life on t̥he front.́ It also provides an extensive re-assessment of trench warfare, a revolutionary tactic that challenged the very idea of war, and details developments in weaponry and armoured vehicles, including terrifying innovations in the use of poison gas, flamethrowers and tanks.
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Subtitle on jacket: In the trenches of World War I
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2007
Description matérielle:
272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Table des matières:
Part I: Warriors on the Western Front -- Part II: Trench warfare.
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Accès électronique:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0715/2007278724.html
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9781846032103
Informations de publication:
Oxford, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Osprey Pub., 2007.