Author: Ian D. SkennertonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780949749048
Category : Bayonets
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
British & Commonwealth Bayonets
Author: Ian D. SkennertonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780949749048
Category : Bayonets
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Broad Arrow
Author: Ian D. SkennertonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780949749437
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Australian Service Bayonets
Author: Ian D. SkennertonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780959743814
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Bayonets of the World
Author: Paul KieslingPublisher: S I Publicaties Bv
ISBN: 9789070987053
Category : Bayonets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bayonets of the World was originally published from 1972 to 1976 in four volumes, and over 40 years later it is still the reference work by which all other books are measured. This new publication, Bayonets of the World: The Complete Edition, contains all drawings and information from the original version, but is extended with new information and drawings, arranged into 47 national chapters, depicting and describing circa 1100 different bayonets by country. Further, this new edition contains indices on markings, manufacturers, lengths and countries. The absolute standard work on the subject. AUTHOR Paul Kiesling owned one of the largest and finest collection of bayonets of the world. In the seventies, he combined his collection, knowledge and drawing talents with those of other collectors and museums and composed the best book on the subject ever. ILLUSTRATIONS 1100 photographs
British and Commonwealth Military Knives
Author: Ron FlookPublisher:
ISBN: 9781853109867
Category : Armies
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Messines 1917
Author: Craig DeaytonPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 152674015X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
The enemy must not get the Messines Ridge at any price So read the orders to German troops defending the vital high ground south of Ypres. On 7 June 1917, the British Second Army launched its attack with an opening like no other. In the largest secret operation of the First World War, British and Commonwealth mining companies placed over a million pounds of explosive beneath the German front-line positions in 19 giant mines which erupted like a volcano. This was just the beginning. By the end of that brilliant summers day, one of the strongest positions on the Western Front had fallen in the greatest British victory in three long years of war. For the Anzacs, who comprised one third of the triumphant Second Army, it was their most significant achievement to that point; for the men of the New Zealand Division, it would be their finest hour.It is difficult to overstate the importance of Messines for the Australians, whose first two years of war had represented an almost unending catalogue of disaster. This was both the first real victory for the AIF and the first test in senior command for Major General John Monash, who commanded the newly formed 3rd Division. Messines was a baptism of fire for the 3rd Division which came into the line alongside the battle-scarred 4th Australian Division, badly mauled at Bullecourt just six weeks earlier. The fighting at Messines would descend into unimaginable savagery, a lethal and sometimes hand-to-hand affair of bayonets, clubs, bombs and incessant machine-gun fire, described by one Australian as 72 hours of Hell. After their string of bloody defeats over 1915 and 1916, Messines would prove the ultimate test for the Australians
Imperialism
Author: John Atkinson HobsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Bayonet Fighting
Author: Leopold McLaglenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bayonets
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Revolutionary Summer
Author: Joseph J. EllisPublisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307701220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of First Family presents a revelatory account of America's declaration of independence and the political and military responses on both sides throughout the summer of 1776 that influenced key decisions and outcomes.
Author: James Bryce