Название: VCs of the First World War: 1915 The Western Front
Автор: Peter Batchelor, Chris Matson
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0752460579
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Размер: 5,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
The predictions of the war "being over by Christmas" turned out to be far from the truth. By January 1915 the British Expeditionary Force found themselves trapped in the murderous stalemate of trench warfare. British troops had suffered badly in the early campaigns and by January 1915 were holding some 30 miles of trench.