War On The Western Front

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With a foreword by renowned World War I historian Dr Gary Sheffield, War on the Western Front examines the day-to-day lives of the brave men of the First World War, as they died in the trenches, from their recruitment & their training to their combat experience, vividly recounting the shock of life on the front.

This book has a collection of essays by well known First World War contributors such as Dr Stephen Bull, Ian Drury, Thomas A. Hoff, Martin Pegler & Ian Sumner.

World War I stands as a watershed in the evolution of modern warfare, with the development of sophisticated trench systems forming a battlefield over 400 miles long; innovations in weaponry & equipment; & the introduction of tanks in battle. Without the ordinary soldier, however, there could have been no war: The Great War was very much a conflict of infantrymen
- Tommies, Stormtrooper, Poilus & Doughboys.

War on the Western Front provides an extensive re-assessment of trench warfare, a revolutionary tactic that challenged the very idea of war, & details developments in weaponry & armoured vehicles, including terrifying innovations in the use of poison gas, flamethrowers & tanks.