Beneath Flanders Fields book. Beneath Flanders Fields tells the story of the tunnellers' war, which still remains one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of the Great War.
0773529497 I bought this book for my stepson who is into WW1 history after we went on an organized tour of the WW1 battle fields in Sept 2012 and where we met the author Peter Barton (Gentleman). Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914-1918 Start by marking “Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914-18” as Want to Read: Published Yet, Messines was not the end of their story, which continued with the crafting of a whole underground world of headquarters, cookhouses and hospitals, housing the innumerable troops who passed through this part of the Western Front. Beneath Flanders Fields also shows how military mining evolved. Noté /5: Achetez Beneath Flanders Fields de Barton, Peter: ISBN: 9781862275379 sur amazon.fr, des millions de livres livrés chez vous en 1 jour Welcome back.
Stay one step ahead and let us notify you when this item is next available to orderEnter your email below and we will notify you when this item is next available to order.We will contact you when this item is next available to order. The book also looks at excavation and research into the massive networks of tunnels beneath the salient, what amounts to almost underground cities. July 7th 2005 I bought it after meeting Johan Vandewalle, one of the authors. Il y a 0 commentaire et 0 évaluations venant de France Although today a skilled carpenter, his working life began as a professional civil engineer tunneller, and the combined knowledge of both disciplines has created a passion and technical understanding of the underground war which has made him the foremost explorer of the tunnels and dugouts in Flanders.
Veuillez renouveler votre requête plus tard.Cette fonction d'achat continuera à charger des articles lorsque la touche Entrée est enfoncée. The company that organizes these tours sold out of this book (it was first come first served) but because there was so much interest in this book, the last book was put up for auction and it went for a lot of money, too rich for me. The result of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields reveals how this intense underground battle was fought and won. The book is divided into four parts. The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916 There was another thread about the correctness of a Lee cut down for underground fighting but thats not what is going to be discussed here in this one. The authors give the first full account of mine warfare in World War I through the words of the tunnellers themselves as well as plans, drawings, and previously unpublished archive photographs, many in colour. He was part of a team doing the excavations on the tunnels and although quite busy he went out of his way to explain in detail about the dig. Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914-1918 (Paperback)Your local Waterstones may have stock of this item. Sélectionnez la section dans laquelle vous souhaitez faire votre recherche. Your basket is empty. By continuing to browse the site you accept our Cookie Policy, you can change your settings at any time. Their lives were reduced to a complex war of silence, tension and claustrophobia, leading up to the most dramatic mine offensive in history launched on 7 June 1917 at Messines Ridge. There is a great chapter on the Messines, perhaps the most significant event in tunnelling warfare history at least from a destructive point of view.
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