The other wars : the experience and memory of the First World War in the Middle East and Macedonia /
"To be sure, all soldiers, on all fronts, in all armies, suffered hardships during the First World War. British and Dominion soldiers on the Western Front were faced with their own set of harsh environmental and combat conditions. Water-logged, muddy trenches in Flanders, most notably at Ypres,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
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| Summary: | "To be sure, all soldiers, on all fronts, in all armies, suffered hardships during the First World War. British and Dominion soldiers on the Western Front were faced with their own set of harsh environmental and combat conditions. Water-logged, muddy trenches in Flanders, most notably at Ypres, became one of the war's defining features. Mud was symbolic of the war's futility. Winters on the Western Front were bitterly cold. The winter of 1916-17 was especially bad"-- |
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| Item Description: | Expanded and revised version of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2014 titled: British soldiers' experience and memory of the Palestine campaign, 1915-1918. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108479004 1108479006 |