Author: HOLMES, RICHARD. BBC WORLDWIDE
Title: The Western Front / Richard Holmes
Description: London : BBC Worldwide 1999. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 224 p. : ill. facsims. maps. plans. ports. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes index. Published to accompany the television series 'The Western Front' first broadcast on BBC 2 in 1999. Bibl.: p. 220-221. Summary; It was along the Western Front. the trench line stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss border. that most of nine million soldiers from the United Kingdom and British Empire who enlisted during World War I served. and where most of the 947.000 who were killed met their deaths. Linked to a BBC2 television series. this book follows the story of the Western Front in a format which is both chronological and thematic. whilst also focusing on particular episodes to highlight more general topics. Subjects; World War. (1914-1918) — Campaigns — Western Front. World War. (1914-1918) — Campaigns — Western Front. World War. (1914-1918) — Campaigns — Western. World War. (1914-1918) — Western Front. military operations. campaigns. military. warfare (conventional). battles. military art and science. strategy and tactics. theory. theory of warfare. Western Front (1914-1918). Theatre of operations. France and the Low Countries (1939-1940). Great Britain. First World War. first world war. western front. military operations western front first world war. campaigns on the western front first world war. grand strategy. global strategy. conduct of war. military strategy. nature of war. Great War (1914-1918). and Associated Conflicts — The Western Front — The Ypres Salient Generally. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland) ; Military history ; Battles & campaigns ; World history: First World War. Europe. History / Europe / Western. History / Military / World War I. History / Military / General. World War. (1914-1918). Campaigns ; Western Front. ISBN: 056338493X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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