The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Physical State of the Battlefields Constructed Works on the Battlefields
Armageddon's Walls. British Pill Boxes, 1914 - 1918
by Peter Oldham
ISBN
9781783033003
Purchase Price
£3.99 (new)
Date Purchased
March 18, 2019
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military (2014, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
This book covers a subject which is often forgotten, bypassed, or simply ignored because there is no real common knowledge of it. Protective structures such as pillboxes may be commonly thought to be mainly the preserve of the German Army, partly because as a Continental army, it was familiar with the need to protect borders with such structures, and partly because of the mainly defensive mode of the Germans on the Western Front throughout the war. But what is not appreciated fully is that by 1918 the British and their allies were to surpass the enemy in the design and construction, with supply and logistics, of such shell proof cover for troops and defensive positions. This book describes the history of development and innovation of concrete bunkers, blockhouses, and general concrete constructions during the war.
9781783033003
Purchase Price
£3.99 (new)
Date Purchased
March 18, 2019
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military (2014, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
This book covers a subject which is often forgotten, bypassed, or simply ignored because there is no real common knowledge of it. Protective structures such as pillboxes may be commonly thought to be mainly the preserve of the German Army, partly because as a Continental army, it was familiar with the need to protect borders with such structures, and partly because of the mainly defensive mode of the Germans on the Western Front throughout the war. But what is not appreciated fully is that by 1918 the British and their allies were to surpass the enemy in the design and construction, with supply and logistics, of such shell proof cover for troops and defensive positions. This book describes the history of development and innovation of concrete bunkers, blockhouses, and general concrete constructions during the war.