Underground warfare 1914-1918 / Simon Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Underground movements.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire [England] : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Simon Jones's graphic history of underground warfare during the Great War uses personal reminiscences to convey the danger and suspense of this unconventional form of conflict. He describes how the underground soldiers of the opposing armies engaged in a ruthless fight for supremacy, covers the tunnelling methods they employed, and shows the increasingly lethal tactics they developed during the war in which military mining reached its apotheosis.He concentrates on the struggle for ascendancy by the British tunnelling companies on the Western Front. They outfought their German adversaries under

Contents:

List of Plates; Abbreviations; Glossary; Preface; Chapter 1: Military Mining Before 1914; Chapter 2: Mining Operations 1914 - early 1915; Chapter 3: French Mining Sectors: Carency, Oise, Les Eparges and Vauquois; Chapter 4: British Mining operations 1915 - early 1916; Chapter 5: Hohenzollern and St Eloi 1916; Chapter 6: The Somme 1916; Chapter 7: Vimy, Arras and Messines 1917; Chapter 8: Miners and Technology; Chapter 9: Tunnels and the Infantry Attack; Chapter 10: Underground Accommodation and Communications; Chapter 11: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299198906

1299198902

9781844684700

1844684709

OCLC:

797917328