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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786538603321

Autore

Yorke Trevor

Titolo

The trench : life and death on the Western front 1914-1918 / / Trevor Yorke ; foreword by Michael Morpurgo ; designed by Roger Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkshire, [England] : , : Countryside Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-84674-881-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 p.)

Disciplina

940.4144

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Engineering and construction

World War, 1914-1918 - Trench warfare - Western Front

Intrenchments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Ewe

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Michael Morpurgo""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Opening Moves: Battle Lines are Drawn""; ""Chapter 2: The Trenches: Design and Construction""; ""Chapter 3: Life in the Trench: Eating, Sleeping and Staying Alive""; ""Chapter 4: Trench Warfare: Tactics, Weapons and Tanks""; ""Chapter 5: Going Home: 1918 and the Aftermath of War""; ""Appendix 1: The Origins of the First World War""; ""Appendix 2: Places to Visit""; ""Glossary of Terms""; ""Index""