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Lord of the Nutcracker men Lord of the Nutcracker men Iain Lawrence Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe… OL116319W
Sniping in France, 1914-18 Sniping in France, 1914-18 Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was an explorer and adventurer who revolutionized the training of British Army snipers during the First World War. In this richly-detailed book, he explains his … OL1471563W
Tell El-Hesi Tell El-Hesi Lawrence E. Toombs The Tell el-Hesi site comprises a 25-acre walled city from the Early Bronze III period. It is located on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean coastal plain, 26 km northeast of Gaza in Israel. T… OL170527W
The trenches The trenches Jim Eldridge Historical fiction. It's 1917 and Billy Stevens is a telegraph operator stationed near Ypres. The Great War has been raging for three years when Billy finds himself taking part in the deadly Big Push… OL21182743W
Trench fever Trench fever Christopher Moore For Chris Moore, the Great War has developed from a childhood fascination to a full-blown obsession, both for the actuality, of the war - its archives and its archaeology - as well as its abiding inf… OL21528018W
Trench fighting of World War I Trench fighting of World War I Hamilton, John An overview of trench warfare during World War I. OL2713621W
24hr trench 24hr trench Andrew Robertshaw During the Great War millions of men lived in the trenches of the Western Frotn. It is difficult for us to understand how they coped in such a confined space with the constant terror of enemy attack.… OL27680453W
Trench warfare Trench warfare Stephen Bull The bulk of the book looks in detail at the tactics that evolved during World War I trench fighting. A final chapter looks at what part the trench played in World War II and beyond. OL28169054W
Trench Warfare 1914-18 Trench Warfare 1914-18 Tony Ashworth An excellent study of the unnoficial truces that took place throughout WW1, not just of the Christmas truce of 1914. Tony Ashworth has deeply researched this subject and concludes that there most de… OL6326411W