Tommy The British Soldier On The Western Front
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Tommy The British Soldier On The Western Front
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Author : Richard Holmes
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-12-21
Tommy The British Soldier On The Western Front written by Richard Holmes and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-21 with History categories.
Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, Tommy is the first history of World War I to place the British soldier who fought in the trenches centre-stage.
Tommy
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Author : Richard Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Tommy written by Richard Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Soldiers categories.
Contains primary source material.
Tommy
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Author : Edward Richard Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Tommy written by Edward Richard Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Tommy S War
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Author : Richard van Emden
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-09-09
Tommy S War written by Richard van Emden and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-09 with History categories.
Shares excerpts from the personal diaries and photographs of British soldiers to depict the daily life of a Tommy in the trenches between 1914 and 1918.
Remembering Tommy
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Author : Peter Doyle
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Remembering Tommy written by Peter Doyle and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with History categories.
The British soldier of the Great War has been depicted in many books. Invariably, a pen picture paints him as stoic, joining the army in a wave of patriotic fervour, and destined to serve four years on the Western Front in some of the most costly battles in history. Yet often the picture is difficult to resolve for the reader. What was it like in the trenches? How did the soldier live, where did he sleep? What was it like to go over the top, and when he did, what did he carry with him? For many, the idea of trench life is hazy, and usually involves 'drowning in mud', in, as one writer put it, 'the pitiless misery' of Passchendaele. Recently, military historians have presented an alternative picture, a picture in which the hopelessness of the First World War is given new life and purpose. Remembering Tommy pays tribute to the real life British soldier of the Great War from the moment of joining up to their final homecoming. Using original artefacts in historic settings, the men and their words are brought to life. The uniforms they wore, the equipment they carried, the letters they wrote home, their personal possessions, mementos and photographs come together in a powerful tribute to the indomitable Tommy. Each one of these precious artefacts bears witness to the men who left them behind – allowing us to almost reach out and touch history.
A Tommy S Life In The Trenches
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Author : Fergus Mackain
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-10-15
A Tommy S Life In The Trenches written by Fergus Mackain and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-15 with History categories.
A unique visual perspective of life in the trenches on the Western Front from the forgotten soldier-artist and Somme veteran Private Fergus Mackain who served in France 1916 to 1917.
The Tommy Of The First World War
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Author : Neil R. Storey
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-08-15
The Tommy Of The First World War written by Neil R. Storey and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-15 with History categories.
A hundred years have now passed since Britain sent hundreds of thousands of men to fight and to die on the Western Front and elsewhere. This is the perfect introduction to the life and experiences of the ordinary British soldier.
Tommy S War
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Author : Peter Doyle
language : en
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Release Date : 2020-10-26
Tommy S War written by Peter Doyle and has been published by The Crowood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-26 with History categories.
The First World War has left an almost indelible mark on history, with battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele becoming watchwords for suffering unsurpassed. The dreadful fighting on the Western Front, and elsewhere in the world, remains vivid in the public imagination. Over the years dozens of books have been published dealing with the soldier's experience, the military history and the weapons and vehicles of the war, but there has been little devoted to the objects associated with those hard years in the trenches. This book (new in paperback) redresses that balance. With hundreds of carefully captioned photographs of items that would have been part of the everyday life for the British Tommy; from recruiting posters, uniforms and entrenching equipment to games, postcards and pieces of 'trench art', this book brings to life the experience of the Great War soldier through the objects with which he would have been surrounded.
Tommy Goes To War
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Author : Malcolm Brown
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2018-10-30
Tommy Goes To War written by Malcolm Brown and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with History categories.
The image of the innocent British soldier (or Tommy) setting off with a spring in his step in 1914 to fight the Great War would not last long.Indeed that initial euphoria would soon give way to a deep-seated bitterness as these young men endured the horror of the First World War.In a new edition of this extraordinary book, the uncensored letters, diaries, documents and many photographs tell the story of the British soldier (nicknamed Tommy) in their own words.While there are flashes of their wit and humour, the overwhelming feeling is that of a generation who felt let down by their superiors and left to perish.There are visceral, terrifying insights into life in the trenches and agonising descriptions of the squalor and privations of war.This haunting account also looks at the aggressive drive to recruit more soldiers through the Pals Battalion or Chums Battalion. Friends from the same town or village; professional bodies, or work colleagues among others were encouraged to enlist en masse. They would fight together alongside their friends or colleagues. Many of them would sadly die together and leave communities wild with grief for a lost generation, robbed of a future having barely had a past.With a concise analysis of the British Army in the First World War, we are reminded of the terror of war, the fury, the fear and the frustration of what has been described by some as a war typified by the devastating assessment: lions led by donkeys.
British Tommy
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Author : Martin Pegler
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2001-04-25
British Tommy written by Martin Pegler and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-25 with History categories.
This book is available in North America ONLY. If you live elsewhere in the world and would like to read this book, please see Warrior 16- British Tommy. This book is identical in content and price - only the cover differs. World War 1 was a watershed in British military and social history, and even now the repercussions can still be felt. No town or village in the British Isles escaped their casualties, and the creative genius of a generation was wiped out, at an incalculable loss to society. This book looks in detail at how the British soldier lived, fought and died during the traumatic war years. Enlistment, training and all aspects of life on active service are carefully examined, including discipline, relaxation and even the type and quality of food that soldiers ate. The analysis of the British infantryman's experience is greatly aided by the memories of old soldiers, which both support the author's statements and themselves provide an interesting and often vivid account of life on the Western Front.