The years from 1914 to 1918 saw a whole series of complex and very rapid changes in infantry tactics, which fundamentally altered the way wars had been fought for 150 years. This second volume concentrates on the men who fought in such important battles as those of Ypres and the Somme.
The years from 1914 to 1918 saw a whole series of complex and very rapid changes in infantry tactics, which fundamentally altered the way wars had been fought for 150 years. This second volume concentrates on the men who fought in such important battles as those of Ypres and the Somme.
Dr Stephen Bull is the Curator of the Museum of Lancashire in Preston. Born in 1960, he graduated from the University of Wales with a BA (Hons) in history in 1981, and obtained his doctorate from University College, Swansea. For several years he worked at the National Army Museum, on a fortifications project and later in the Weapons Department. He has written numerous articles for specialist journals, including a number on the weapons and tactics of World War I.
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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
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
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