24hr Under Attack: Tommy Defends the Frontline

24hr Under Attack: Tommy Defends the Frontline
ISBN-10
0752494252
ISBN-13
9780752494258
Category
Social Science
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2013-11-01
Publisher
The History Press
Author
Andrew Robertshaw

Description

Ten million military personnel died during the Great War. Many millions of them experienced horrendous enemy attacks on entrenched positions that stretched across France and Belgium, as well as further afield. This groundbreaking book relives twenty-four hours of an actual Platoon under attack, using a battalion war diary to follow the assault hour by hour. A team of historians and archaeologists reconstructs the fighting, revealing how the British Tommy defended his hard-won positionsagainst heavy fire and enemy attack. Robertshaw presents the Great War in colour, as it was experienced, using stunning images to bring the the full force of these frightening assaults to life. This truly is First World War history at its finest.

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