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| trench warfare 1917: Notes for Infantry Officers on Trench Warfare Great Britain. War Office. General Staff, 1917 |
| trench warfare 1917: British Trench Warfare, 1917-1918 Great Britain. War Office. General Staff, 1997 |
| trench warfare 1917: Stalemate! J. H. Johnson, 2004 This is the story of the true horrors of The Great War - the catastrophic offensives and tragic errors that led to the brutal deaths of thousands of brave soldiers sent 'over the top' from the trenches of Passchendale, Cambrai and The Somme. Book jacket. |
| trench warfare 1917: French Trench Warfare, 1917-1918 French Army, 1918 Reprint of the American Army translation of the French Army's guide for platoon commanders for tactics in World War I. |
| trench warfare 1917: Elements of Trench Warfare William H (William Henry) Waldron, 2025-03-29 Elements of Trench Warfare, Bayonet Training by William Henry Waldron offers a stark and practical guide to the brutal realities of World War I combat. This historical text, meticulously prepared for republication, dives into the essential elements of trench warfare, with a specific focus on bayonet training. Waldron's work details the rigorous military training regimens designed to prepare soldiers for the horrors of hand-to-hand combat. Explore the techniques and strategies employed in the trenches, where the bayonet was a crucial weapon. From the basics of handling the weapon to advanced tactics for close-quarters fighting, this book provides a comprehensive overview of bayonet usage in the context of World War I. A valuable resource for anyone interested in military history, weapons, and the grim realities faced by soldiers during the Great War. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| trench warfare 1917: World War I Trench Warfare (1) Stephen Bull, 2021-05-27 The regular armies which marched off to war in 1914 were composed of massed riflemen, screened by cavalry and supported by artillery; their leaders expected a quick and decisive outcome, achieved by sweeping manoeuvre, bold leadership and skill at arms. Eighteen months later the whole nature of field armies and their tactics had changed utterly. In sophisticated trench systems forming a battlefield a few miles wide and 400 miles long, conscript armies sheltered from massive long-range bombardment, wielding new weapons according to new tactical doctrines. This first of two richly illustrated studies explains in detail the specifics of that extraordinary transformation, complete with ten full colour plates of uniforms and equipment. |
| trench warfare 1917: British Trench Warfare 1917-1918. a Reference Manual General Staff Intelligence, 2014-03-12 Subjects discussed are Special Characters of Trench Warfare; Siting and Construction of Trenches; Occupation and Relief of Trenches and General Trench Routine; Organization of a Trench Line and Action in case of Attack; Notes on the Attack in Trench Warfare. |
| trench warfare 1917: Surviving Trench Warfare Bill Rawling, 2014-01-01 D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| trench warfare 1917: The Attack in Trench Warfare (1917) Andre Laffargue, Officer of Infantry, 2008-10-01 This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |
| trench warfare 1917: French Trench Warfare, 1917-1918 , 2002 |
| trench warfare 1917: Squadron A in the Great War, 1917-1918 Stanton Whitney, 1923 |
| trench warfare 1917: The Thirty-seventh Division in the World War, 1917-1918 Ralph Dayton Cole, William Cooper Howells, 1929 |
| trench warfare 1917: The 32nd Division in the World War, 1917-1919 Wisconsin War History Commission, Michigan War History Commission, 1920 |
| trench warfare 1917: Trench Stephen Bull, 2014-05-20 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 warfare 1917: Vermont in the World War, 1917-1919 Harold Pearl Sheldon, 1928 |
| trench warfare 1917: The Western Front 1917–1918 Andrew Wiest, 2014-02-23 With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Western Front 1917–1918 provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of the conflict on the Western Front in the final years of World War I. |
| trench warfare 1917: U.S. Entering The Great War: 1917-1918 Eric B. Setzekorn, United States Army, Center of Military History, 2018-03-21 This eBook edition of U.S. Entering The Great War: 1917-1918 has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. America's entry into the World War in April 1917 presented the United States Army with its greatest challenge in the nation's history. This book examines the U.S. Army's involvement in the Great War from the declaration of war on 6 April 1917 through the initial phase of the German Spring Offensive in March–April 1918. Finally, this book is enriched with the official documents of the U.S. Government from the Fist World War. Contents: Strategic Setting The U.S. Army Before the War American Military and Civilian Leadership The Amalgamation Debate Mobilization of Manpower Building the AEF, 1917 American Soldiers Begin Arriving Training the AEF Men and Materiel in the AEF The War Department: Challenges and Reform Strategic Crisis on the Western Front The AEF Joins the Fight Official Documents of the U.S. Government from the Great War Official Positions of Principal Persons Mentioned in the Correspondence The Continuation and Further Spread of the War—Efforts Toward Peace The Continuation of the War—Participation of the United States Neutral Rights Neutral Duties Belligerent Rights and Practice Other Problems and Responsibilities |
| trench warfare 1917: History of the First Division During the World War, 1917-1919 Society of the First Division, 1922 |
| trench warfare 1917: Scouting and Patrolling William Henry Waldron, 1916 |
| trench warfare 1917: Kandiyohi County in the World War, 1917-1918 , 1928 |
| trench warfare 1917: The Undermining of Austria-Hungary M. Cornwall, 2000-05-23 This is a major new contribution to the historiography of the First World War. It examines the lively battle of ideas which helped to destroy Austria-Hungary. It also assesses, for the first time, the weapon of 'front propaganda' as used by and against the Empire on the Italian and Eastern Fronts. Based on material in eight languages, the work challenges accepted views about Britain's primacy in the field of propaganda, while casting fresh light on the creation of Yugoslavia and the viability of the Habsburg Empire in its last years. |
| trench warfare 1917: Eye-Deep in Hell John Ellis, 1989-09 A detailed reconstruction of life and death in the trenches of World War I, describing the construction and physical and spiritual environment of the trenches and the soldiers' daily routine. |
| trench warfare 1917: To the Last Man :. Jonathan D. Bratten, 2020 |
| trench warfare 1917: Bulletin , 1914 |
| trench warfare 1917: "Over the Top" Arthur Guy Empey, 1917 Excerpt: ...of the trench. One dead German was lying on his back, with a rifle sticking straight up in the air, the bayonet of which was buried to the hilt in his chest. Across his feet lay a dead English soldier with a bullet hole in his forehead. This Tommy must have been killed just as he ran his bayonet through the German. Rifles and equipment were scattered about, and occasionally a steel helmet could be seen sticking out of the mud. At one point, just in the entrance to a communication trench, was a stretcher. On this stretcher a German was lying with a white bandage around his knee, near to him lay one of the stretcher-bearers, the red cross on his arm covered with mud and his helmet filled with blood and brains. Close by, sitting up against the wall of the trench, with head resting on his chest, was the other stretcher-bearer. He seemed to be alive, the posture was so natural and easy, but when I got closer, I could see a large, jagged hole in, his temple. The three must have been killed by the same shell-burst. The dugouts were all smashed in and knocked about, big square-cut timbers splintered into bits, walls caved in, and entrances choked. Tommy, after taking a trench, learns to his sorrow, that the hardest part of the work is to hold it. In our case this proved to be so. The German artillery and machine guns had us taped (ranged) for fair; it was worth your life to expose yourself an instant. Don't think for a minute that the Germans were the only sufferers, we were clicking casualties so fast that you needed an adding machine to keep track of them. Did you ever see one of the steam shovels at work on the Panama Canal, well, it would look like a hen scratching alongside of a Tommy digging in while under fire, you couldn't see daylight through the clouds of dirt from his shovel. After losing three out of six men of our crew, we managed to set up our machine gun. One of the legs of the tripod was resting on the chest of a half-buried body. When... |
| trench warfare 1917: In the Trenches Tatiana L. Dubinskaya, 2020-03-01 Tatiana L. Dubinskaya’s autobiographical novel of life in the Russian army marked the first major work published by a female World War I soldier in the Soviet Union. Often compared to All Quiet on the Western Front, Dubinskaya’s stark and unsparing story presents a rare look at women in combat and one of the few works of fiction set on the eastern front. Zinaida, a Russian schoolgirl, runs away from home to join the army. Sent to the front, she endures the horrors of trench warfare and the hardships of military life. Undercurrents of revolutionary thinking filter into the ranks as morale begins to crumble. Zinaida must come to grips with the havoc unleashed by the czar’s overthrow and the new socialist government’s attempts to impose revolutionary reforms on the army. Destabilization and desertion follow, and her regiment joins the chaotic mass retreat of the Russian army in the summer of 1917. In addition to Dubinskaya’s original novel, this edition includes selections from her 1936 autobiographical work, Machine Gunner, which she rewrote to satisfy Stalinist censors. |
| trench warfare 1917: Enduring the Great War Alexander Watson, 2008-04-17 This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay natural human resilience. Drawing widely on contemporary letters and diaries of British and German soldiers, psychiatric reports and official documentation, and interpreting these sources with modern psychological research, this unique account provides fresh insights into the soldiers' fears, motivations and coping mechanisms. It explains why the British outlasted their opponents by examining and comparing the motives for fighting, the effectiveness with which armies and societies supported men and the combatants' morale throughout the conflict on both sides. Finally it challenges the consensus on the war's end, arguing that not a 'covert strike' but rather an 'ordered surrender' led by junior officers brought about Germany's defeat in 1918. |
| trench warfare 1917: Bulletin Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City, 1918 |
| trench warfare 1917: World War I Spencer C. Tucker, 2019-05-10 Offers detailed coverage of every country that played a significant role in World War I, from key participants including France, Germany, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and the United States, to smaller nations such as Bulgaria, Montenegro, and New Zealand. World War I: A Country-by-Country Guide is a comprehensive reference exploring the role various nations played in this devastating conflict. Each of the 22 country sections provides detailed background information, the reasons behind the country's entry into the war, a summary of its combat effort in the war, a discussion of the home front experience, and a description of the war's impact on that nation. Illuminating sidebars offer an interesting war anecdote involving each country, while essays survey each country's military branches and key military and political leaders. Finally, a timeline for each nation covers all of the important events involving that country during World War I. In addition to the country coverage, a battles section offers entries on 18 of World War I's most important engagements and a separate section on weapons and tactical changes is included. The book also features dozens of maps and images throughout the text that serve as important visual aids that help readers to understand all aspects of the conflict. |
| trench warfare 1917: The Road Less Traveled Philip Zelikow, 2023-05-02 During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's president also concluded that the time was right. The Road Less Traveled describes how tantalizingly close these far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world. Theirs was a secret battle that is only now becoming fully understood, a story of civic courage, awful responsibility, and how some leaders rose to the occasion while others shrank from it or chased other ambitions. Peace is on the floor waiting to be picked up! pleaded the German ambassador to the United States. This book explains both the strategies and fumbles of people facing a great crossroads of history. The Road Less Traveled reveals one of the last great mysteries of the Great War: that it simply never should have lasted so long or cost so much. |
| trench warfare 1917: Tanks in the Great War, 1914-1918 John Frederick Charles Fuller, 1920 This book presents the history of the British Tank Corps and the history of Great Britain's tanks. The author summarizes the campaigns of World War I emphasizing the role of the tanks during each of the battles. |
| trench warfare 1917: History of the Manufacture of Explosives for the World War, 1917-1918 William Bradford Williams, 1920 The author uses research and pictoral elements to discuss the history of explosive manufacturing in the United States during World War I. |
| trench warfare 1917: Toward Combined Arms Warfare Jonathan Mallory House, 1985 |
| trench warfare 1917: History of the Seventy-eighth Division in the World War, 1917-18-19 Thomas F. Meehan, 1921 |
| trench warfare 1917: Books of 1912- , 1922 |
| trench warfare 1917: Ripley County's Part in the World War, 1917-1918 Minnie Elizabeth Wycoff, Ripley County Historical Society (Ripley County, Ind.), 1920 |
| trench warfare 1917: The Harlem Hellfighters Max Brooks, 2014-04-01 From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment—the Harlem Hellfighters In 1919, the 369th infantry regiment marched home triumphantly from World War I. They had spent more time in combat than any other American unit, never losing a foot of ground to the enemy, or a man to capture, and winning countless decorations. Though they returned as heroes, this African American unit faced tremendous discrimination, even from their own government. The Harlem Hellfighters, as the Germans called them, fought courageously on—and off—the battlefield to make Europe, and America, safe for democracy. In THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS, bestselling author Max Brooks and acclaimed illustrator Caanan White bring this history to life. From the enlistment lines in Harlem to the training camp at Spartanburg, South Carolina, to the trenches in France, they tell the heroic story of the 369th in an action-packed and powerful tale of honor and heart. |
| trench warfare 1917: The First World War in Computer Games C. Kempshall, 2015-05-15 The First World War in Computer Games analyses the depiction of combat, the landscape of the trenches, and concepts of how the war ended through computer games. This book explores how computer games are at the forefront of new representations of the First World War. |
| trench warfare 1917: World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics Dale Clarke, 2014-12-20 As the First World War bogged down across Europe resulting in the establishment of trench systems, artillery began to grow in military importance. Never before had the use of artillery been so vital, and to this day the ferocity, duration and widespread use of artillery across the trenches of Europe has never been replicated. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this groundbreaking study explains and illustrates the enormous advances in the use of artillery that took place between 1914 and 1918, the central part artillery played in World War I and how it was used throughout the war, with particular emphasis on the Western Front. |
| trench warfare 1917: Trench Fortifications 1914-1918 British General Staff, United States. War Department, Prussia (Germany). Kriegsministerium, Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). Department of Printed Books, 1998-01-01 |
Trench - Wikipedia
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a swale or a bar ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a …
TRENCH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TRENCH is a long cut in the ground : ditch; especially : one used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front. How to use trench in a sentence.
TRENCH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
TRENCH definition: 1. a narrow hole that is dug into the ground: 2. a deep hole dug by soldiers and used as a place…. Learn more.
TRENCH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Trench definition: a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.. See examples of TRENCH used in a sentence.
Trenching and Excavation Safety - CDC
Feb 23, 2024 · Workers should never work in an unprotected trench. A trench can collapse or cave-in at any moment. Without a protective system in place, a trench collapse can crush and …
Trench - definition of trench by The Free Dictionary
1. a long, narrow excavation in the ground dug by soldiers as a defense against enemy fire or attack. 2. a deep furrow, ditch, or cut. 3. a long, narrow depression in the deep-sea floor, site of ocean …
TRENCH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A trench is a long narrow channel in the ground used by soldiers in order to protect themselves from the enemy. People often refer to the battle grounds of the First World War in Northern …
Trench - Wikipedia
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a swale or a bar …
TRENCH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TRENCH is a long cut in the ground : ditch; especially : one used for military defense often with the excavated …
TRENCH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
TRENCH definition: 1. a narrow hole that is dug into the ground: 2. a deep hole dug by soldiers and used as a place…. Learn more.
TRENCH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Trench definition: a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from …
Trenching and Excavation Safety - CDC
Feb 23, 2024 · Workers should never work in an unprotected trench. A trench can collapse or cave-in at any moment. Without a …
