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Author : Great Britain. War Office. General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Defensive (Military science)
ISBN : UOM:39015030986262
Author : The Staff,Great Britain. War Office. General Staff
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Field service (Military science)
ISBN : 1847348211
This manual strives to inculcate an offensive spirit and gives practical instructions backed by a wide range of detailed diagrams on such subjects as the siting and digging of trenches; how to construct trenches in wet ground; sanitation and latrines; the size and depth of dug-outs; drainage and flooding; Day and night routine; the care of feet; wiring and strong points; and notes on attack and defence. Studying this book and examining the diagrams will give the reader a clear idea of trench warfare as it should be conducted - at least according to the official view.
Author : JOSEPH SHUTER. SMITH
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1847021077
Joseph Shuter Smith (1893-1950) was an American, born in Philadelphia, who enlisted in the 29th Vancouver Battalion in the fall of 1914. He saw service along the Belgian front, and in August 1916 was given a commission in the British Army. At the time this manual on trench warfare was published in 1917 he was serving as a Second Lieutenant in the infantry service with the British Expeditionary Force on the French front. The information set forth in his manual was garnered from different instruction courses and his own observations and practise whilst on active duty, and covers all aspects of trench building, maintenance, communication, use of weapons, etc., together with notes on the duties of platoon commanders and officers. Illustrated with diagrams. Shuter was also the author of Over There and Back in Three Uniforms: Being the Experiences of an American Boy in the Canadian, British and American Armies at the Front and Through No Man's Land.
Author : Joseph Shuter Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Defensive (Military science)
ISBN : UCAL:$B258524
Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472808615
A complete guide to trench warfare on the Western Front from an authority on the subject. Even now, 100 years on from the conflict, the image of trenches stretching across Western Europe – packed with young men clinging to life in horrendous conditions – remains a powerful reminder of one of the darkest moments in human history. In this excellent study of trench warfare on the Western Front, expert Dr Stephen Bull reveals the experience of life in the trenches, from length of service and coping with death and disease, to the uniforms and equipment given to soldiers on both sides of the conflict. He reveals how the trenches were constructed, the weaponry which was developed specifically for this new form of warfare, the tactics employed in mass attacks and the increasingly adept defensive methods designed to hold ground at all cost. Packed with photographs, illustrations, annotated trench maps, documents and first-hand accounts, this compelling narrative provides a richly detailed account of World War I, providing a soldier's-eye-view of life in the ominous trenches that scarred the land.
Author : A.E. Ashworth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1980-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349043569
A classic of military history about the smaller, personal battles of the First World War
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Artillery
ISBN : UIUC:30112045922868
Author : Roger Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317172123
Despite the substantial output of revisionist scholarship over the last decade reappraising the performance of the British Army on the Western Front during the First World War, there still remains a stubborn perception that its commanders were incompetent, inflexible and unimaginative. Whilst much ink has been spilled vilifying or defending individual commanders, or looking for overarching trends and ’learning curves’, this is the first work to examine systematically the vertical nature of command - that is the transmission of plans from the high-command down through the rank structure to the front line. Through such an investigation, a much more rounded measure of the effectiveness of British commanders can be gained; one moves the argument beyond the overly simplistic ’casualties to ground gained’ equation that is usually offered. The Battle of Fromelles (19-20 July 1916) was selected as the case study as it was relatively small in scale, in the right period, and retains sufficient primary sources available to sustain the analysis. It also witnessed the first time Australian forces were used in offensive operations on the Western Front, and thus looms large in wider Commonwealth perceptions of ’Bumbling British Generals’. The book follows the progress of the battle plan from its inception in the strategic designs of the supreme commander down through the various intermediate level commands at operational and tactical headquarters until it became the orders that sent the infantry forward into the attack. In so doing it provides a unique insight into the strengths and weaknesses of British command structure, allowing a much more scholarly judgement of its overall effectiveness.
Author : United States. Government Printing Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Government publications
ISBN : IND:30000090347893
Author : United States. Government Printing Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Government publications
ISBN : SRLF:A0007406259
Author : Infantry School (U.S.)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Infantry drill and tactics
ISBN : 9781428916913
Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735233119
The first comprehensive history of Canadians in WWI in forty years, and already hailed as the definitive work on Canadians in the Great War, At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of 1914—16. Tens of thousands, and then hundreds of thousands, died before the generals and soldiers found a way to break the terrible stalemate of the front. Based on eyewitness accounts detailed in the letters of ordinary soldiers, Cook describes the horrible struggle, first to survive in battle, and then to drive the Germans back. At the Sharp End provides both an intimate look at the Canadian men in the trenches and an authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and advancement. Featuring never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps, this recounting of the Great War through the soldiers' eyes is moving, engaging, and thoroughly engrossing.
Author : Siegfried Sassoon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101598924
The second volume in Siegfried Sassoon’s beloved trilogy, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston, with a new introduction by celebrated historian Paul Fussell A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal realities of war. The second volume of Siegfried Sassoon's semiautobiographical George Sherston trilogy picks up shortly after Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man: in 1916, with the young Sherston deep in the trenches of WWI. For his decorated bravery, and also his harmful recklessness, he is soon sent to the Fourth Army School for officer training, then dispatched to Morlancourt, a raid, and on through the Somme. After being wounded by a bullet through the lung, he returns home to convalesce, where his questioning of the war and the British Military establishment leads him to write a public anti-war letter (verbatim the letter Sassoon wrote in 1917, entitled "Finished with the War: A Soldier’s Declaration", which was eventually read in the British House of Commons). Through the help of close friend David Cromlech (based on Sassoon's friend Robert Graves) a medical board decides not to prosecute, but instead deem him to be mentally ill, suffering from shell-shock, and sends him to a hospital for treatment. Sassoon's stunning portrayal of a mind coming to terms with the brutal truths he has encountered in war—as well as his unsentimental, though often poetic, portrayal of class-defined life in England at wartime—is amongst the greatest books ever written about World War I, or war itself. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : Martin T. Olliff
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817354923
There has been much scholarship on how the U.S. as a nation reacted to World War I, but few have explored how Alabama responded. Did the state follow the federal government’s lead in organizing its resources or did Alabamians devise their own solutions to unique problems they faced? How did the state’s cultural institutions and government react? What changes occurred in its economy and way of life? What, if any, were the long-term consequences in Alabama? The contributors to this volume address these questions and establish a base for further investigation of the state during this era. Contributors: David Alsobrook, Wilson Fallin Jr., Robert J. Jakeman, Dowe Littleton, Martin T. Olliff, Victoria E. Ott, Wesley P. Newton, Michael V. R. Thomason, Ruth Smith Truss, and Robert Saunders Jr.
Author : William Westerman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107190627
In Soldiers and Gentlemen, Westerman explores the stories of the vitally important, yet often forgotten, Australian commanding officers.
