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Trench : a history of trench warfare on the Western front / Stephen Bull.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bull, Stephen, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Intrenchments.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2014.
- Summary:
- Stephen Bull provides a picture of trench warfare, from the construction of the trenches and their different types, to the new weaponry & tactics employed in defence & attack. Annotated trench maps highlight particular features of the trenches, while photographs & documents combine to give an account of war in the trenches.
- Contents:
- The armies of 1914 and the problem of attack
- The beginning of the trenches
- 'Trenchtown'
- New weapons and tactics
- Gas
- Raiding and sniping
- Mining
- Concrete and Stellungsbau
- The tank
- 'Over the top'.
- Notes:
- Published in association with the Imperial War Museum.
- Originally published: 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472801326
- 1472801326
- OCLC:
- 872712069
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