Pill Boxes On the Western Front. A Guide to the Design, Construction and Use of Concrete Pill Boxes 1914-1918

Peter Oldham

ISBN 10: 0850524180 / ISBN 13: 9780850524185

Verlag: Leo Cooper, London, 1995

Beschreibung

208 pages. Illustrated. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Includes a gazetteer of the remaining pill boxes and bunkers still to be found in Flanders and Picardy. Ex-library copy with marked front endpaper and other label, but a very good plus reading copy. A little edgewear and bumping to bottom corners; two small nicks in dust-jacket.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 011962

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Pill Boxes On the Western Front. A Guide to the Design, Construction and Use of Concrete Pill Boxes 1914-1918
• Verlag: Leo Cooper, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0850524180
• ISBN-13: 9780850524185
• Einband: Cloth
• Auflage: First Edition
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

Investigating the logistical and political problems of supplying and manufacturing large structures using immense quantities of labour and materials, this is a study of the development and use of shell-proof protection for both sides in World War I. It explains how both adversaries in the conflict designed and developed patterns and fast-track systems, and goes on to describe how these were used in defence schemes to provide administrative and command centres, aid stations and artillery observation posts, as well as machine-gun posts. The book includes a gazetteer listing the remaining pillboxes and bunkers in Belgium and northern France, and many of the entries include historical details and information on their use in specific battles.