Chronicles of The Great War: The Western Front 1914-1918

Chronicles of The Great War: The Western Front 1914-1918: 80^th Anniversary Edition  

Author: Peter Simkins

Publisher: Colour Library Direct   

Edition: First Edition 1997

ISBN:  1 85833 647 3

Condition: Good. Slight wear & tear to dustcover, otherwise a clean copy with tight binding.

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 221. Various black & white photographs and maps  

Additional Information

The Great War of 1914 1918 continues to cast an immense shadow; its course and effects having played a large part in shaping the world we now live. Although it was a global conflict, with actions fought far afield as the Falklands and China, it is the Western Front the decisive theatre of the war that still dominates our collective memory. For many, the enduring images are those of frightful carnage and legions of doomed youth sacrificed in futile frontal assaults against machine guns and barbed wire for the sake of a few yards of Flanders mud.

Peter Simkins, in the Chronicles of The Great War describes the daily routine of the frontline soldier and covers diverse topics as transport and supply, rest and recreation, medical services and communication in a series of special features. Striking use is made of almost 400 authentic photographs which, together with the narrative and detailed captions, offers many stimulating insights into the way in which men lived, fought band died on the Western Front during those terrible years.

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