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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150506503321

Autore

Robertshaw Andrew

Titolo

24hr under attack : Tommy defends the frontline / / Andrew Robertshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stroud, [England] : , : Spellmount, , 2015

2015

ISBN

0-7524-9425-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

940.4144

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

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 positions against 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.