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First World War 1 I
illustrated
New Army
organisation
reference
strategy
tactic
Territorial
training
trench warfare
units
WWI WW1
Product details
- ISBN 9781841769028
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 182 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 07 Dec 2005
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Over 200 divisions fought on the Western Front during the first year of World War I. Those best suited to the challenges of trench warfare were the six infantry divisions of the original British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
Their superiority was partially due to the high quality of the divisions' personnel and the first-class equipment provided to them. This book describes the organization and equipment of the BEF at the outbreak of the war in 1914, and relates how its structure changed both to accommodate the waves of Territorial and New Army units that were raised and to adapt to the rigours of conditions on the Western Front.
Major Bruce Gudmundsson, USMCR (Retired) is an historian who specializes in tactical innovation: the way that military organizations respond to radical change. The author of four major books and several 100 articles, he has taught at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and Oxford University.
