Description: Trench Fortifications 1914-1918: A Reference Manual by the British General Staff. Battery Press reprint edition: 1992. 442 pages. 383 photos/drawings. Trim Size: 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" hardcover ISBN: 291-8 Summary:This is a compilation of three manuals issued during the Great War on the subject of Field Fortifications: The French, German & American. All are in English. Part 1 : NOTES ON FIELD FORTIFICATIONS - The French Manual, shows that the French concentrated primarily on large earthern redoubts which accompanied their highly aggresive tactical doctrine.( this has 274 pages with hundreds of line drgs & plans ). Part 2 : THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIELD POSITIONS ( STELLINGSBAU ). Nissued by the German Army in 1916. This manual shows the German penchant for fixed, permanent defenses, using concrete rather than earthen worksd. ( this has 68 pages and numerous line drgs & plans). Part 3 : NOTES ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF TRENCHES, April 1917, as issued by the U.S. War Dept. This shows that the Americans favored relatively light, hasty defences, which fitted their aggresive philsophy of attack. (this has 104 pp with many line drgs).
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Format: Hardcover
Category: Military & War
Subject: Reference
Topic: WWI (1914-18)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
3rd Level Category: WWI (1914-18)
Language: English
Publication Year: 1992
Sub-Category: Specific Wars
Book Title: Trench Fortifications 1914-1918
Author: British General Staff
Genre: Military
