True World War I Stories - Sixty Personal Narratives of the War (Paperback)

No one to be seen now and my head facing I knew not where. A great, livid waste, the light of day going, and the way might be to the north or to the south. I had lost my bearings. Not far away a tank, half embedded, was getting it full tilt. The sweat stood on my dirty face. And then in that great expanse of mud and wire I spotted a little red cross on a little flag...."

So writes Private Alfred Willcox, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, about a July night in 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. His is just one of the many gripping, moving accounts in "True World War I Stories" -- accounts that recall all aspects of the greatest conflict the world had ever seen: the first gas and tank attacks; life in the trenches and under bombardment; going over the top and charging the enemy; fighting at Loos, Mons, and the Somme; aerial dogfights and the birth of the air force; and life as a prisoner of war.

Fear and courage, dirt, pain, and death -- it's all here in "True World War I Stories."

General

Imprint:	Lyons Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2001
Introduction by:	Jon E. Lewis
Dimensions:	195 x 132 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-1-58574-433-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
LSN:	1-58574-433-6
Barcode:	9781585744336

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