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Brothers in arms : the unique collection of letters and photographs from two brothers at the front during the First World War / / edited by Karen Farrington |
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Barnsley, England : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 |
Soldiers - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: 'England had indeed been unprepared!'; Chapter 2: 'It was my first taste of any real sort of war atmosphere'; Chapter 3: 'There's a tremendous din going on, like a huge thunder storm, as there's just now an artillery duel over our heads'; Chapter 4: 'The parapets and parados here were thick with dead bodies'; Chapter 5: 'It was a roaring, raging, swirl of destruction'; Chapter 6: 'Hour after hour the tempest raged as huge shells tore the earth up' |
Chapter 7: 'I know a little more about chemistry now'Chapter 8: 'The continuous angry flash looked very ominous'; Chapter 9: 'Then the downpour of steel started, a veritable drum-fire, almost blotting everything out'; Chapter 10: 'There is a German sniper over there who has just parted my hair for me'; Chapter 11: 'I scrambled back through the wire, tearing my clothes and my hands, hearing bullets whizzing past me'; Chapter 12: 'Fancy being shot at like this in England!'; Chapter 13: 'Brother Boche has had a bad time all round' |
Chapter 14: 'There were several cases of men being missed in the dark by their comrades, and actually drowned in the mud'Chapter 15: 'Nothing daunted we moved on, men dropping faster here and there and the gaps being filled up from those behind'; Chapter 16: 'I am also |
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beginning to feel the effects of this war especially in the dark, when a gun fires not very far away or a sniper skims the parapet' |
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