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Trench
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Author : Stephen Bull
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-20
Trench written by Stephen Bull and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-20 with History categories.
A complete guide to trench warfare on the Western Front from an authority on the subject. Even now, 100 years on from the conflict, the image of trenches stretching across Western Europe – packed with young men clinging to life in horrendous conditions – remains a powerful reminder of one of the darkest moments in human history. In this excellent study of trench warfare on the Western Front, expert Dr Stephen Bull reveals the experience of life in the trenches, from length of service and coping with death and disease, to the uniforms and equipment given to soldiers on both sides of the conflict. He reveals how the trenches were constructed, the weaponry which was developed specifically for this new form of warfare, the tactics employed in mass attacks and the increasingly adept defensive methods designed to hold ground at all cost. Packed with photographs, illustrations, annotated trench maps, documents and first-hand accounts, this compelling narrative provides a richly detailed account of World War I, providing a soldier's-eye-view of life in the ominous trenches that scarred the land.
Trench Art
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Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2011-01-01
Trench Art written by Nicholas J. Saunders and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Art categories.
Engraved shell-cases, bullet-crucifixes, letter openers and cigarette lighters made of shrapnel and cartridges, miniature airplanes and tanks, talismanic jewelry, embroidery, objects carved from stone, bone and wood - all of these things are trench art, the misleading name given to the dazzling array of objects made from the waste of war, in particular the Great War of 1914-1918 and the inter-war years. And they are the subject of Nicholas Saunders's pioneering study which is now republished in a revised edition in paperback. He reveals the lost world of trench art, for every piece relates to the story of the momentous experience of its maker - whether front-line soldier, prisoner of war, or civilian refugee. The objects resonate with the alternating terror and boredom of war, and those created by the prisoners symbolize their struggle for survival in the camps. Many of these items were poignant souvenirs bought by battlefield pilgrims between 1919 and 1939 and kept brightly polished on mantelpieces, often for a lifetime. Nicholas Saunders investigates their origins and how they were made, exploring their personal meaning and cultural significance. He also offers an important categorization of types which will be a useful guide for collectors.
The Trench
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Author : Steve Alten
language : en
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Release Date : 2019-04-02
The Trench written by Steve Alten and has been published by Pinnacle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Fiction categories.
Master of suspense Steve Alten always takes readers to the edge with his non-stop, adrenaline-charged novels. Just in time for the movie, this new edition of his New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to MEG shows just how deep fear can run when you don’t know what lurks beneath the surface… Its appetite is ravenous. Its teeth, scalpel-sharp. For the first time, the captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood, and it wants more… On the other side of the world, in the silent depths of the ocean, lies the Marianas Trench, where the Megalodon has spawned since the dawn of time. Paleobiologist Jonas Taylor once dared to enter this perilous cavern. He alone faced a Megalodon shark and cut its heart out. Now, as the body count rises and the horror of a monster’s attack grips the California coast, Jonas must begin the hunt again, and return to the waking nightmare of…
Those About Trench
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Author : Edwin Herbert Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-08-04
Those About Trench written by Edwin Herbert Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-04 with categories.
Halsted Street, Chicago, is the scene of the greater part of this story. Here Dr. Isham Trench a pediatrician of note, has gathered about him a queerly assorted group of young men. When he learns that the foreign students in the medical school particularly the Asiatics, have difficulty in finding comfortable living quarters in the city he opens up his house to them. India, China, Persia, and Servia are represented in his household. And this little international group is shown, in . way that does not appear illogical, to have a connection with the event that precipitated the European war. But it is a novel of ideas rather than of action, and its underlying theme is religious. Dr. Trench himself is an agnostic, holding to a purely mechanistic theory of life, yet living according to the highest humanitarian and Christian ideals. Others views are represented by the various residents in his house and by Edith Bridgman, who sets out courageously to confound Dr. Trench and prove to him by her experiments in the laboratory that life is something more than a matter of chemistry. * * * * * "In the portrayal of these young medical students, of such varying breed, Mr. Lewis has done some of the very best work of the story. work whose superior in recent fiction one would have to go far to find." - Bookman. "One reads it with unflagging interest in what is going to happen next." - Dial "Though full of faults, is also full of a kind of power: not the power of narrative, for Mr. Lewis's manner of telling his yarn is a constant provocation to profanity: but in part the power of effective phrase, and in part the greater power of creating character. The structure of the novel is near as bad as it could be." - Nation. "Although lacking in literary merit, there are moments of unquestionable excitement in 'Those about Trench.' It illustrates the facility of some of our writers in gaining the effect of romance through sheer speed." - New Republic. ...And there are many things in it that make heavy drafts upon the reader's credulity. But off-setting these faults and making the book so unusual and individual that the reader would forgive an even greater measure of crudities are many characters original and striking and portrayed with fresh feeling and whimsical humor; adventures so foreign and richly colored as to give an Arabian nights flavor to parts of the tale, and a rich background of most modern thought, feeling, and scientific knowledge." - NY Times. "Lovers. strange Orientals, odd Americans. factory girls, are thrown together in a jumble that nearly strangles the story, but nevertheless the book is interesting and gives promise by its strong, vivid style." - Reviews of Reviews. "There is a hard, tense brilliance about it, an air of never being at a loss for some pointed incident or remark which is fatiguing without being in the least interesting; and a kind of an aggressively scientific obsession seems to dam up its flow of humanity." - The Times. [London]
Trench Fighting Of World War I
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Author : John Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Trench Fighting Of World War I written by John Hamilton and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An overview of trench warfare during World War I.
The Trench
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Author : Trevor Yorke
language : en
Publisher: Countryside Books (GB)
Release Date : 2014
The Trench written by Trevor Yorke and has been published by Countryside Books (GB) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
"The First World War scarred an entire generation at the beginning of the twentieth century ... This book offers a simple guide to the war, looking at the events and the people who took part, through what was the setting for so much of the carnage; the trench. The trenches and the trench system along the Western Front in particular, were the killing fields. They formed a vast line of fortifications that locked the opposing armies together in a static, 400 mile zigzag of conflict from the channel coast down to the French border with Switzerland. Using his own diagrams and illustrations, ... Yorke explains the architecture of the trenches, with their command posts, tunnels, machine gun nests, duck boards and sleeping billets. There are chapters to explain tactics, weaponry and daily life ... special features on the introduction of new weapons of war, such as tanks, early aeroplanes and the first use of poison gas. The political events are described in basic outline, but there is a chapter on the legacy of the war's aftermath. There are summaries of the major battles and there is information about special places to visit in France and Belgium, including key museums, battle sites and memorials"--Back cover.
Notes On The Construction And Equipment Of Trenches
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Author : Army War College (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Notes On The Construction And Equipment Of Trenches written by Army War College (U.S.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Intrenchments categories.
Trench Art
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Author : Nicholas Saunders
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-06-15
Trench Art written by Nicholas Saunders and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-15 with Social Science categories.
Trench art is the evocative name given to a dazzling array of objects made from the waste of industrialized war. Each object, whether an engraved shell case, cigarette lighter or a pen made from shrapnel, tells a unique and moving story about its maker. For the first time, this book explores in-depth the history and cultural importance behind these ambiguous art forms. Not only do they symbolize human responses to the atrocities of war, but they also act as mediators between soldiers and civilians, individuals and industrial society, and, most importantly, between the living and the dead. Trench art resonates most obviously with the terror of endless bombardment, night raids, gas attacks and the bestial nature of trench life. It grew in popularity between 1919 and 1939 when the bereaved embarked on battlefield pilgrimages and returned with objects intended to keep alive the memory of loved ones. The term trench art is, however, misleading, as it does not simply refer to materials found in the trenches. It describes a diverse range of objects that have in some way emerged from the experience of war all over the world. Many distinctive objects, for example, were made during conflicts in Bosnia, Vietnam, Northern Ireland and Korea. Surprisingly, trench art predates World War I and it can be made in a number of earlier wars such as the Crimean War, the American Civil War, and the Boer War. Saunders looks at the broader issues of what is meant by trench art, what it was before the trenches and how it fits in with other art movements, as well as the specific materials used in making it. He suggests that it can be seen as a bridge between the nineteenth century certainties and the fragmented industrialized values and ideals of the modern world. This long overdue study offers an original and informative look at one of the most arresting forms of art. Spanning from 1800 to the present day, its analysis of art, human experience, and warfare will pave the way for new research.
Trench Warfare 1914 1918
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Author : A.E. Ashworth
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1980-11-27
Trench Warfare 1914 1918 written by A.E. Ashworth and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-11-27 with History categories.
A classic of military history about the smaller, personal battles of the First World War
Trench Art
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Author : Jane A. Kimball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Trench Art written by Jane A. Kimball and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
"Trench art" is a highly evocative term conjuring up the image of a mud-spattered soldier in a soggy trench hammering out a souvenir for a loved one at home while dodging bullets and artillery shells. This is an appealing but very false conception of the reality of this art form. A few types of trench art could be made easily in a trench during lulls in the fighting, but the hammering involved in making many trench art pieces would have been greeted with unwelcome hostile fire from the enemy. Trench art items made during wars were in fact created at a distance from the front line trenches either by soldiers "at rest" behind the front lines, by skilled artisans among the civilian population, by prisoners of war, or by soldiers.