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Defending the Ypres Front 1914 - 1918 - Trenches, Shelters and Bunkers of the German Army (Hardcover)
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Defending the Ypres Front 1914 - 1918 - Trenches, Shelters and Bunkers of the German Army (Hardcover)
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Published by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele in 2016 in Dutch as
Bouwen aan het front, this book examines how the German army
developed field fortifications to hold what can loosely be
described as the Ypres Front. With the decision by Falkenhayn in
1915 to concentrate Germany s offensive efforts largely in the
east, the German defenders around Ypres set to developing their
lines for semi-permanent occupation. The sub soil around the
Salient generally made it difficult to construct and maintain mined
(i.e. deep) dugouts - unlike on, for example the Somme, with easily
worked chalk not far below the surface. The only practicable
alternative was to use reinforced concrete. In this book the
authors (both with many years of experience in researching and
working on matters Great War, particularly the German army in
Belgium) have examined in detail an impressive range of primary
sources to provide a narrative of what the Germans built, how they
built it (the logistical challenge was enormous) and how the
designs and requirements of bunkers (for example, forward medical
bunkers, artillery shelters, machine gun and observation bunkers)
changed as the war progressed and as the military situation on the
front dictated. There are many photographs, largely unseen by
British readers, design diagrams and maps to supplement the text;
whilst the activities of selected particular formations are
examined in detail to provide an example of the effort that was put
into the work. Additions to the Dutch edition will include a tours
section, taking a visitor to accessible remaining structures in the
Salient area; and a glossary of terms and their English equivalent.
The book will be in full colour throughout.
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