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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807348803321

Autore

Krause Jonathan

Titolo

Early trench tactics in the French Army : the second Battle of Artois, May-June 1915 / / by Jonathan Krause

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

1-315-57855-7

1-317-14668-9

1-317-14667-0

1-283-80512-X

1-4094-5501-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Ashgate studies in First World War history

Disciplina

940.4/24

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - France - Artois - Trench warfare

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - France - Artois

Tactics

Artois (France) History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 GQG and the Changing Doctrine of Trench Warfare; 2 Artillery; 3 Manifest Disarray (9-11 May); 4 A Tale of Two Divisions, Part I; 5 Grignotage (12 May-12 June); 6 The Second General Offensive (13-18 June); 7 A Tale of Two Divisions, Part II; Conclusion: The Impact of Second Artois; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the English-speaking world the First World War is all too often portrayed primarily as a conflict between Britain and Germany. The vast majority of books focus on the Anglo-German struggle, and ignore the dominant part played by the French, who for most of the war provided the bulk of the soldiers fighting against the central powers. As such, this important and timely book joins the small but growing collection of works offering an overdue assessment of the French contribution to the Great War. Drawing heavily on French primary sources the book has two main foci: it is both an in-depth batt