High Wood
Télécharger High Wood PDF Livre Michael Harrison - Bois de Fourcaux, a luxuriant woodland covering 75 acres, set in the area of the battlefields of the Somme, dominates the surrounding landscape today, as it did in the summer of the year 1916. Known to the British Army as ‘High Wood’, the invading Germans had occupied the wood as it proved to be a natural field fortification and a menace that had to be neutralized if the British were to find a way forward in their attempts to breach the trench systems of the German Army and break out into the ‘Green Fields Beyond’.
This insightful publication will take the battlefield visitor, and also those who are unable to visit the site, on a journey through the history of the battles for High Wood and its environs. It covers the most significant dates in the British Army’s struggle to eject the invader and the Germans determination to hold that which they considered to be their new National Frontier.
This is the story of the largely amateur British Army of 1916. Lessons were learned in the roaring furnace of the Somme that would transform the fighting ability of the British irrevocably: High Wood was at the epicentre of that learning process.
The book contains detailed maps from the time of the High Wood battles using the excellent British Trench maps and, importantly, an explanation on the use of the numbered grid system, which enables the visitor to locate, to within 5 yards, the site of an action that took place 100 years ago. Photographs are also included to enhance the visitor experience. Join us for the journeyManufacturer : Pen and Sword Military
Details of High Wood
| Book's Title | High Wood |
| Author | Michael Harrison |
| Category | Subjects |
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| Customer's Rating | 3.7 stars of 5 from 76 Readers |
| Filename | high-wood.pdf |
| Filesize | 22.39 MB (current server's speed is 18.73 Mbps |
Besides High Wood, Michael Harrison also write another book such as The Somme 1916: Touring the French Sector, The Last Battle: Endgame on the Western Front, 1918, American Expeditionary Forces in the Great War: The Meuse Argonne 1918: Breaking the Line, The Hell They Called High Wood: The Somme 1916, 1918: Winning the War, Losing the War, Haig's Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany's War on the Western Front, Bloody Bullecourt, Disputed Earth: Geology and Trench Warfare on the Western Front 1914–18, Learning to Fight: Military Innovation and Change in the British Army, 1914–1918, The Hindenburg Line 1918: Haig’s forgotten triumph
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