| Description |
1 online resource (933 pages) |
| Contents |
Trench Nomenclature; Title; Copyright; Trench Names; Contents; Foreword by Alan Sillitoe; Preliminary Notes; Acknowledgements; The Scope of this Book; Explanatory Note; Method and Accuracy of British 1914-18 Map References; Archival and Other Sources; Treatment of Trench, Map Sheet and Place Names in the Text; Glossary; Introduction to the 2017 Edition; Introduction to the 2006 Edition: The Significance of Trench Names; Part One; I Trenches and the Landscape; II The Early Development of Trench Naming by the British, 1914-15. |
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III British Trench Naming from the Battle of Loos to the End of the Somme BattleIV British Trench Naming in 1917 and 1918; V British Trench and Topographical Names -- Further Considerations; VI Military Names; VII Topographical Place Names; VIII French Trench Names; IX German Trench Names; X Afterthoughts; Bibliography; Part Two; Gazetteer of Names of Trenches and Other Tactical Features; Picture Section. |
| Summary |
This book makes it possible to comprehend, via the trench naming, the daily life in the trenches, the vast range of weaponry and the lethal nature of the titanic battles. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Gazetteer.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Names.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Names |
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Military campaigns |
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Western Front (World War (1914-1918)) |
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World War (1914-1918) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9cvdKydGHm4yKx7Gb |
| Chronological Term |
1914-1918 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Chasseaud, Peter. Rats Alley : Trench Names of the Western Front, 1914-1918. Stroud : The History Press, ©2017 9780750980555 |
| ISBN |
9780750984904 (electronic bk.) |
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0750984902 (electronic bk.) |
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9780750980555 (hbk.) |
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