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Fritz and Tommy: Across the barbed wire

Door Peter Doyle e.a.

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#233622
Titel
Fritz and Tommy: Across the barbed wire
Auteur
Doyle, Peter & Robin Schäfer
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Stroud, The History Press
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
0750956844
ISBN13
9780750956840
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

It was a war that shaped the modern world, fought on five continents, claiming the lives of ten million people. Two great nations met each other on the field of battle for the first time. But were they so very different? For the first time, and drawing widely on archive material in the form of original letters and diaries, Peter Doyle and Robin Schafer bring together the two sides, Fritz' and Tommy', to examine cultural and military nuances that have until now been left untouched: their approaches to war, their lives at the front, their greatest fears and their hopes for the future. The soldiers on both sides went to war with high ideals; they experienced horror and misery, but also comradeship/Kameradschaft. And with increasing alienation from the people at home, they drew closer togeth
... (Lees verder)er, the Hun' transformed into good old Jerry' by the war's end. This unique collaboration is a refreshing yet touching examination of how little truly divided the men on either side of no-man'sland during the First World War.
Pagina's
287
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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