The War the Infantry Knew, 1914-1919
by J. C. Dunn
"A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium with the Second Battalion, His Majesty's Twenty-Third Foot, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Founded on Personal Records, Recollections and Reflections"
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The War the Infantry Knew, 1914-1919 Book Details
War:
World War I
Perspective:
Infantry
Military Unit:
British Army
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Europe
Page Count:
613
Published Date:
1988
ISBN13:
9780349106359
The War the Infantry Knew, 1914-1919 Book Description
Sometimes, through word of mouth and shared enthusiasm, a secret book becomes famous. The War the Infantry Knew is one of them. Published privately in a limited edition of five hundred copies in 1938, it gained a reputation as an outstanding account of an infantry battalion's experience on the Western Front' Daily Telegraph ' I have been waiting for a long time for someone to republish this classic. It is one of the most interesting and revealing books of its type and is a genuinely truthful and fascinating picture of the war as it was for the infantry' John Keegan 'A remarkably coherent narrative of the battalion's experiences in diary form . . . a moving historical record which deserves to be added to the select list of outstanding accounts of the First World War' Times Literary Supplement