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Author : John William Thomason (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : War stories, American
ISBN : UVA:X001094309
Author : John Norris
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473883789
The bayonet is an essential item of a soldier's kit even on today's modern hi-tech battlefield. This work examines the origins of this humble weapon and the 'cult of the bayonet' as espoused by the Russian General Alexander Suvorov who asserted that The bullet misses, the bayonet does not. The first bayonets appeared in France in the early 17th century and soon they were being used by every army in Europe. The author examines the spread of this simple weapon and how it led to fundamental changes being made in battlefield tactics. Over 300 years later, in the age of hi-tech warfare and weapons of mass destruction, the bayonet is still in service with armies around the world. British and US forces in Afghanistan regularly have their bayonets fixed. Fix Bayonets illustrates how tactics changed and the design of the weapon, although fundamentally the same, has evolved over the centuries.Much myth and legend surrounds the subject of bayonet charges and the weapon has become an icon of defiance and the determination to do whatever it takes to win. The author examines evidence for the reality of such actions. How did the ordinary soldier feel to be told 'fix bayonets'? John Norris draws on personal accounts of soldiers using bayonets in combat from the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars, various Colonial campaigns, through the World Wars, Falklands War and into the 21st century in Afghanistan. In so doing he explains the seemingly anachronistic survival of this simple weapon on the modern battlefield.
Author : John W. Thomason
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781504073028
This collection of WWI sketches of the Fifth Marine Regiment is “forthright, unsparing, deeply felt but unsentimental, and reads like a house afire” (The Wall Street Journal). From a soldier who was there, here are first-hand accounts of combat and camaraderie during the Great War. In a series of stories and illustrations, Capt. John W. Thomason captures the bravery and gallantry of the leathernecks fighting the Germans in France—putting readers in the trenches, facing the staccato of rifle fire, feeling the pangs of starvation, and the demoralizing fatigue. This collection is a tribute to the men who lived and breathed the motto “Semper Fidelis”, or “Always Faithful”, those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those who made it out alive. “Fix Bayonets! is in the company of Tolstoy and Crane and Bierce in the literature of war. Indeed, I should leave Crane out of it . . . The Red Badge of Courage cannot stand the fierce sun of Fix Bayonets!” —Laurence Stallings, American playwright and veteran “Remains the single finest account of Americans in battle in World War I.” —The United States World War One Centennial Commission “Thomason brings life and energy to his account—and the spirited drawings—of what he saw.” —The Wall Street Journal
Author : Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Generals
ISBN : WISC:89063014872
Given in memory of Lt. Charles Britton Hudson, CSA & Sgt. William Henry Harrison Edge, CSA by Eugene Edge III.
Author : Alfred Hutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Bayonets
ISBN : NYPL:33433066623368
Author : John W. Thomason Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : United States
ISBN : 1847349749
Facsimile reprint. Originally published 1925.
Author : John William Thomason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : OCLC:1300567805
Author : John William Thomason Jr
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0260857726
Excerpt from Fix Bayonets! They tell the tale of an American lady of notable good works, much esteemed by the French, who, at the end of June, 1918, visited one of the field-hospitals behind Degoutte's Sixth French Army. Degoutte was fighting on the face of the Marne salient, and the 2d American Division, then in action around the Bois de Belleau, northwest of Chateau Thierry, was under his orders. It happened that occasional casualties of the Marine Brigade of the 2d American Division, wounded toward the flank where De goutte's own horizon-blue infantry joined on, were picked up by French stretcher-bearers and evacuated to French hospitals. And this lady, 'looking downa long, crowded ward, saw on a pillow a face unlike the fiercely whiskered Gallic heads there displayed in rows. She went to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : George Manville Fenn
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752374865
Reproduction of the original: Fix Bay’nets” by George Manville Fenn
Author : John M. Thomason Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0848827538
Author : Amarpal Singh
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445620381
The definitive account of the First Anglo-Sikh War, with maps that shed light on the action as never before
Author : John William Thomason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : War stories, American
ISBN : OCLC:962181573
Author : Berwick Coates
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782228530
Between 1947 and 1963, every able-bodied male in Britain turned seventeen was required by Act of Parliament to do two years’ service in one of the Armed Forces (with the inevitable variations and exceptions). In the course of those fifteen years, over two and a half million young men were drafted into uniform of one colour or another. Seventy-five per cent found themselves in the Army. Human nature being what it is, that meant that a sizeable proportion or them formed, or cherished, the ambition to become an officer, to hold the Queen’s Commission. That’s a lot of ambition. The successful ones among them would have to undergo some fairly intensive training before that commission was granted. That meant that, before anything else could happen, the authorities had to make up their minds which aspirants seemed to be the most likely prospects. Put in military terms, how did ‘they’ locate and select their ‘Potential Leaders’? This is an account of what happened to a typical national serviceman who found himself drafted into a ‘Potential Leader’ platoon for his ten weeks’ basic training – in this case in the Army. How did he get there? Why did the Army put him there? And what did they do in the succeeding ten weeks to reassure themselves that they hadn’t made a mistake? It made for an eventful, and at times slightly mysterious ten weeks.
Author : Rory Muir
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0300082703
What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at one another? What did the generals do during battle? Drawing on memoirs, diaries, and letters of the time, this dramatic book explores what actually happened in battle and how the participants' feelings and reactions influenced the outcome. Rory Muir focuses on the dynamics of combat in the age of Napoleon, enhancing his analysis with vivid accounts of those who were there--the frightened foot soldier, the general in command, the young cavalry officer whose boils made it impossible to ride, and the smartly dressed aide-de-camp, tripped up by his voluminous pantaloons. This book sheds new light on how military tactics worked by concentrating on the experience of soldiers in the firing line. Muir considers the interaction of artillery, infantry, and cavalry; the role of the general, subordinate commanders, staff officers, and aides; morale, esprit de corps, and the role of regimental officers; soldiers' attitudes toward death and feelings about the enemy; the plight of the wounded; the difficulty of surrendering; and the way victories were finally decided. He discusses the mechanics of musketry, artillery, and cavalry charges and shows how they influenced the morale, discipline, and resolution of the opposing armies. This is a volume that will fascinate all readers with an interest in military history, European history, or the psychology of combat.
Author : John Phillip Langellier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1853673242
Each volume in this ongoing series combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images. These books are a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms.