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01-29-2012, 15:07
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Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914-18 Author:
Peter Barton, Peter Doyle & Johan Vandewalle ISBN:
1-86227-237-9 Category:
History Format:
Hardback Summary:
Well illustrated throughout with contemporary and original photographs, technical drawings and maps, this 304pp book, the product of over 25 years research by historians and archaeologists documents 'the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest seige in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front.' The narrative is a very readable mix of historical account of events, personal memoirs from those involved and modern archaeoligical investigation, and really portrays the ingenuity and skill of the miners of both sides in what must have truly been terrifying circumstances.
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Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914-18 Author:
Peter Barton, Peter Doyle & Johan Vandewalle ISBN:
1-86227-237-9 Category:
History Format:
Hardback Summary:
Well illustrated throughout with contemporary and original photographs, technical drawings and maps, this 304pp book, the product of over 25 years research by historians and archaeologists documents 'the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest seige in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front.' The narrative is a very readable mix of historical account of events, personal memoirs from those involved and modern archaeoligical investigation, and really portrays the ingenuity and skill of the miners of both sides in what must have truly been terrifying circumstances.
36929