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Flanders 1915

Flanders 1915

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

by Jon Cooksey
Paperback
Publication Date: 26/07/2005

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By Christmas 1914 Britain's Regular Army had virtually ceased to exist. Four months of hard fighting had drained its manpower and the Territorial Army were called on to plug the gaps. The part-timers leapt at the chance to serve their country overseas and were soon on their way to the trenches and the harsh realities of war on the Western Front. Flanders 1915 tells the story, through rare and previously unpublished photographs and extended captions, of one of those eager Territorial battalions posted to Flanders during the first twelve months of WW1. It forms a unique and intimate record of the early years of war; many images captured on film by the private cameras of the battalion's junior officers, before official censorship was established. Above all it is a rare and outstanding portrait of the 'great adventure' of war in the days before Loos, the Somme and Passchendaele and the resulting lengthy casualty lists.
ISBN:
9781844153565
9781844153565
Category:
European history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
26-07-2005
Publisher:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
144
Dimensions (mm):
241x190x0mm
Weight:
0kg
Jon Cooksey

Jon Cooksey is a leading military historian who takes a special interest in the history of the world wars.

He is the editor of Stand To!, the journal of the Western Front Association, and an experienced battlefield guide. His books include The Barnsley Pals, Calais, Harry's War and, as editor, Blood and Iron.

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