Isbn: 9780773529496 - beneath flanders fields: the tunnellers' war 1914-18 (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, very light bumps to spine ends and top corners, otherwise a crisp, tight, VG+ copy in like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very slight rubbing to jacket corners, little wear overall. Jacket in Brodart for preservation. Quite clean. 'The tunnellers' war still remains one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of the Great War. The product of over twenty-five years of research, [this book] illustrates the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest siege in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front. In the Ypres Salient, the secret struggle beneath No Man's Land became one of engineering, technology and science - and of carefully calculated assassination. In the words of the tunnellers themselves, and through previously unpublished photographs - many in colour - as well as contemporary plans and drawings, this book reveals how this most intense of battles was fought - and won.' Illustrated. 304 pages. May require extra shipping, 8.85 x 11.15 inches. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…

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Hardback. Zustand: New. The result of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields reveals how this intense underground battle was fought and won. 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mine warfare in World War I through the words of the tunnellers themselves as well as plans, drawings, and previously unpublished archive photographs, many in colour. Beneath Flanders Fields also shows how military mining evolved. The tunnellers constructed hundreds of deep dugouts that housed tens of thousands of troops. Often electrically lit and ventilated, these tunnels incorporated headquarters, cookhouses, soup kitchens, hospitals, drying rooms, and workshops. A few dugouts survive today, a final physical legacy of the Great War, and are presented for the first time in photographs in Beneath Flanders Fields. …

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardback. Zustand: New. The result of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields reveals how this intense underground battle was fought and won. 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. Beneath Flanders Fields also shows how military mining evolved. The tunnellers constructed hundreds of deep dugouts that housed tens of thousands of troops. Often electrically lit and ventilated, these tunnels incorporated headquarters, cookhouses, soup kitchens, hospitals, drying rooms, and workshops. A few dugouts survive today, a final physical legacy of the Great War, and are presented for the first time in photographs in Beneath Flanders Fields. …