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Informationen zum Autor Martin Pegler has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London, and was for many years the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre (www.martinpegler.com), where visitors can see the technology used in the 1914-18 trench warfare. He is currently an author and firearms consultant and he also lectures at local Great War museums. He is the author of a number of books including The Military Sniper since 1914 (Osprey, 2001), Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 (The Crowood Press, 2002), and the highly acclaimed Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper (Osprey, 2004). In the 1980s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London. MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey. Klappentext The 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 casualty! 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 provide an interesting and often vivid account of life on the Western Front. Zusammenfassung The 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 casualty! 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 provide an interesting and often vivid account of life on the Western Front. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction · Historical Background · Chronology · Enlistment · Training · Uniform and Equipment · Weapons · Active Service · Food · Relaxation and Leave · Discipline · Combat and Tactics · Casualties · On Campaign · Visiting the Battlefield · Further Reading...
