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Book Synopsis Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-1918: Camouflage Service by : Colonel G. H. Addison
Download or read book Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-1918: Camouflage Service written by Colonel G. H. Addison and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of forming a Camouflage Section in the BEF was first suggested at GHQ in the winter of 1915, following the success of the work of the French Camouflage Section in Amiens, whose workshop was visited by British officers. The chief means of camouflage was the painted screen, and as a result of a visit to France by a professional artist and his advice, volunteers were called for from the troops in France with experience of theatrical work, such as scenic artists, stage carpenters, workers in cardboard etc. These assembled at St Omer under an officer in January 1916 pending the fitting up of a building in Wimereux. Thus was born the camouflage service. This account goes on to give details of the first establishments and subsequent increases in establishment. The Camouflage Service was represented at GHQ, Army and Corps HQs and depots were set up corps areas and camouflage factories were formed in Army areas. By the time the war ended camouflage was 'big' in France and Flanders as this account reveals. American and French work in this field is also featured as well as German methods. At the end are tables of statistics showing quantities of stores and materials used.
Book Synopsis Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War,1914-19. 'Military Mining by : Naval & Military Press, The
Download or read book Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War,1914-19. 'Military Mining written by Naval & Military Press, The and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no aspect of the trenches on the Western Front in the Great War continus to excite more fascination than the war underground : the subterranean struggle of mine and counter-mine waged by both sides. This book, the official account of the mining work carried out and published by the Royal Enginners, goes into more depth - in both senses of the word - than any other available account. Profusely illustrated by scores of diagrams and photographs, it gives a full picture of military mining in 1914-18 both in theory and practice. Among the sectors examined where mining warfare was most intense were Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient, the Cuinchy brickstacks, in the industrial area around Givenchy; Vimy Ridge; the tunnels beneath Arras, where the engineers made use of existing ancient catacombs; the Somme, and, above all, perhaps, the 21 gigantic mines whose simultaneous explosion heralded the successful British offensive at Messines in June 1917. All are detailed in this book, which is divided into an historical account; mine rescue work - including photos and diagrams of captured German rescue and resuscitation equipment - and a technical section, giving information on laying a mine system, disposing of spoil, detecting enemy counter mines etc.. Quite simply, this book supplies the answers to all the questions that could be asked about the Great War underground. As such it is indispensible to all students of that conflict.
Book Synopsis The Signal Service in the European War of 1914 to 1918. (France). by : Raymond Edward Priestley
Download or read book The Signal Service in the European War of 1914 to 1918. (France). written by Raymond Edward Priestley and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Royal Engineers Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-1918 by :
Download or read book The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-1918 written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reinventing Warfare 1914-18 by : Anthony Saunders
Download or read book Reinventing Warfare 1914-18 written by Anthony Saunders and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New research highlighting the invention of new weaponry and its front-line combat use.
Book Synopsis 200 Years of British Hydrogeology by : J. D. Mather
Download or read book 200 Years of British Hydrogeology written by J. D. Mather and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2004 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume highlights some of the many accomplishments of British hydrogeologists during the last 200 years. Twenty-five essays discuss such topics as the use of groundwater in 19th-century Scottish spas; the contribution of geologists to British army well-drilling units in WWI; and the development of the profession since 1974. Fifteen of the pape.
Book Synopsis The Lightning Keepers by : Damien Finlayson
Download or read book The Lightning Keepers written by Damien Finlayson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few soldiers on the Western Front had heard of the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, even after it had been renamed the ‘Alphabet Company’ by an AIF wag. Yet many knew the work of this tiny unit which numbered fewer than 300 at full strength. Despite its small size, the Alphabet Company’s influence was enormous and spanned the entire British sector of the Western Front, from the North Sea to the Somme. The Lightning Keepers: the AIF’s Alphabet Company in the Great War is the story of the ‘Alphabeticals’ who, led by Major Victor Morse, DSO, operated and maintained pumps, generators, ventilation fans, drilling equipment and other ingenious devices in extreme circumstances. Given the horrendous conditions in which the troops lived and fought, this equipment was desperately needed, as were the men who operated it in the same, often nightmarish setting. This is the first account of the dynamic little unit that was the Alphabet Company, a unit that has been neglected by history for a century. It is the story of the men, their machinery and the extraordinary grit they displayed in performing some of the most difficult tasks in a war noted for the horrific conditions in which it was waged. They do not deserve to be forgotten.
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Book Synopsis Subject Index of the Books Relating to the European War, 1914-1918 by : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Download or read book Subject Index of the Books Relating to the European War, 1914-1918 written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by London : Printed by order of the Trusteeds. This book was released on 1922 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Underground Warfare, 1914–1918 by : Simon Jones
Download or read book Underground Warfare, 1914–1918 written by Simon Jones and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Joness graphic history of underground warfare during the Great War uses personal reminiscences to convey the danger and suspense of this unconventional form of conflict. He describes how the underground soldiers of the opposing armies engaged in a ruthless fight for supremacy, covers the tunneling methods they employed, and shows the increasingly lethal tactics they developed during the war in which military mining reached its apotheosis. He concentrates on the struggle for ascendancy by the British tunneling companies on the Western Front.But his wide-ranging study also tells the story of the little known but fascinating subterranean battles fought in the French sectors of the Western Front and between the Austrians and the Italians in the Alps which have never been described before in English. Vivid personal testimony is combined with a lucid account of the technical challenges and ever-present perils of tunneling in order to give an all-round insight into the extraordinary experience of this underground war.
Book Synopsis The Subject Index to Periodicals by :
Download or read book The Subject Index to Periodicals written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Residential Institutions in Britain, 1725–1970 by : Jane Hamlett
Download or read book Residential Institutions in Britain, 1725–1970 written by Jane Hamlett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection explore both organizational intentions and inhabitants' experiences in a diverse range of British residential institutions during a period when such provision was dramatically increasing.
Download or read book Malice Aforethought written by Ian Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War has always provided a stimulus to technological development, and throughout the twentieth century this new technology was harnessed to produce increasingly deadly and malicious types of explosives in the form of booby traps, mines, delayed-action devices and mobile charges. Designed, constructed or adopted to kill or injure, these lethal mechanisms function when a person disturbs or approaches a seemingly harmless object or performs an apparently safe act. In other instances they are set off by remote control or automatically after a lapse of time. Fully illustrated with diagrams and photographs, Malice Aforethought traces the design, deployment and effectiveness of these deadly devices throughout both world wars to the Vietnam War. Expertly and compellingly written, this unique study is a tribute to the brave men who risked their lives daily to neutralise the booby traps laid in the dimly lit dugouts of the Western Front, on the beaches of Normandy, or in the dark and dangerous tunnels of Chu Chi.
Book Synopsis Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 by : G.W.L. Nicholson
Download or read book Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 written by G.W.L. Nicholson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson’s text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson’s text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis Beneath Flanders Fields by : Peter Barton
Download or read book Beneath Flanders Fields written by Peter Barton and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields reveals how this intense underground battle was fought and won. The authors give the first full account of mine warfare in World War I through the words of the tunnellers themselves as well as plans, drawings, and previously unpublished archive photographs, many in colour. Beneath Flanders Fields also shows how military mining evolved. The tunnellers constructed hundreds of deep dugouts that housed tens of thousands of troops. Often electrically lit and ventilated, these tunnels incorporated headquarters, cookhouses, soup kitchens, hospitals, drying rooms, and workshops. A few dugouts survive today, a final physical legacy of the Great War, and are presented for the first time in photographs in Beneath Flanders Fields.
Download or read book National Service written by W. A. Bruette and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
