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1914

Door Matthew Richardson

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#211830
Titel
1914. Voices from the Battlefields
Auteur
Richardson, Matthew
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Pen & Sword Books Ltd., London
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
1848847777
ISBN13
9781848847774
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
The opening battles on the Western Front marked a watershed in military history. A dramatic, almost Napoleonic war of movement quickly gave way to static, attritional warfare in which modern weaponry had forced the combatants to take to the earth. Some of the last cavalry charges took place in the same theatre in which armoured cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes were beginning to make their presence felt.?? These dramatic developments were recorded in graphic detail by soldiers who were eyewitnesses to them. There is a freshness and immediacy to their accounts which Matthew Richardson exploits in this thoroughgoing reassessment of the 1914 campaign. ?? His vivid narrative emphasises the perspective of the private soldiers and the junior officers of the British Army, the men at the sharp end ... (Lees verder)of the fighting.?? This title has full colour plates containing over 100 illustrations.?? Britain At War Magazine Book of the Month February 2014
Pagina's
296
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 12,50

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