The Western Front Companion

by Mark Adkin

Overview

Comprehensive coverage of World War I's Western Front

Breaks down the battles that took place in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1918 in trenches and fields, on muddy river plains, and against forts

Covers the uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as the strategy, tactics, and orders of battle of all sides

Impressively illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, and period photos

Includes modern-day photos overlaid with markings to show troop movements

Required reference for scholars and military history buffs as the war's 100th anniversary approaches

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526707017
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	420,682
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

Major Mark Adkin was commissioned into The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1956 and served with it and The Royal Anglian Regiment in Germany, Malaya, Mauritius and Aden. On leaving the British Army he joined the Overseas Civil Service and was posted to the Solomon Islands. Transferred to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, he was one of the last British District Officers anywhere in the world.

His final overseas post was as a contract officer for five years with the Barbados Defence Force, and it was as the Caribbean operations staff officer that he participated in the US invasion of Grenada in 1983. He now lives in Bedford.