Stephen Bull

World War I Trench Warfare (2) (eBook, ePUB)

1916-18
Illustrator: Hook, Adam

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Allied attempt to break the stalemate of trench warfare by the 'big pushes' of 1916 led to massively costly battles of attrition. The Germans responded by developing schemes of defence in depth anchored on concrete bunkers; the Allies, by sophisticated artillery tactics in support of infantry assaults, and by the introduction of the tank - at first an accident-prone novelty, but later a front-breaking weapon. On both sides the small, self-reliant, opportunistic infantry unit, with its own specialist weapons, became the basic tool of attack. This second of a fascinating two-part study of the birth of 20th century tactics is illustrated in colour and includes rare photographs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472852748
• Artikelnr.: 61690749

Autorenporträt

Dr Stephen Bull worked for the National Army Museum and BBC in London before taking up his current post as Curator of Military History and Archaeology with Lancashire Museums. A consultant to the University of Oxford he is also a Member of the Institute for Archaeologists, and has made TV appearances that include the series Battlefield Detectives, news and archaeology features. Published on both sides of the Atlantic and in several languages, he is the author of a number of works for Osprey including titles on tactics in World War II. Dr Bull has been one of the key contributors to the accompanying television series screened in the United Kingdom and North America.

Inhaltsangabe

· 1916; 'the big push' against established trench lines · The Somme · Standardised production of trench materials
trench camouflage · Advances in gas warfare · Infantry training · Light machine guns · 1917: Messines & Vimy
tunnel and mine warfare · Creeping barrages
tanks
light machine guns down to section level
flame throwers · New defensive systems · 1918: the deadlock broken · German stormtroopers, British 'blobs & worms' · Trench howitzers
anti
tank rifles
sub
machine guns · Battles: the Kaisershlacht
French and Americans on the Argonne
the British break the Hindenburg Line.