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High Wood
Michael Harrison
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Description for High Wood
Paperback. The battle is followed on a minute by minute basis to give a vivid impression of the problems of command Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBWN; JWLF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473834095
SKU
V9781473834095
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Ref
99-3
About Michael Harrison
Born in Birmingham; Michael's favourite subject has always been history and in particular, that of the Great War. An MA in British First World War studies at University of Birmingham gifted Michael a chance to expand his knowledge of early motor transport. Added to which, he had had historically priceless conversations with men who had driven such vehicles in the ... Read more
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