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Early Trench Tactics in the French Army - The Second Battle of Artois, May-June 1915 (Paperback)
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Early Trench Tactics in the French Army - The Second Battle of Artois, May-June 1915 (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in First World War History
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In the English-speaking world the First World War is all too often
portrayed primarily as a conflict between Britain and Germany. The
vast majority of books focus on the Anglo-German struggle, and
ignore the dominant part played by the French, who for most of the
war provided the bulk of the soldiers fighting against the central
powers. As such, this important and timely book joins the small but
growing collection of works offering an overdue assessment of the
French contribution to the Great War. Drawing heavily on French
primary sources the book has two main foci: it is both an in-depth
battle narrative and analysis, as well as a work on the tactical
evolution of the French army in Spring 1915 as it endeavored
aggressively to come to grips with trench warfare. This period is
of crucial importance as it was in these months that the French
army learned the foundations of trench warfare on which their
conduct for the remainder of the war would rest. The work argues
that many advanced practices often considered German innovations -
such as the rolling barrage, infiltration tactics, and the
effective planning and integration of artillery bombardments - can
all be traced back to French writing and action in early 1915. The
work argues that - contrary to received opinion - French army
bureaucracy proved effective at very quickly taking in, digesting
and then disseminating lessons learned at the front and French
commanders proved to be both effective and professional. Such
radical conclusions demand a fundamental rethink of the way we view
operations on the Western Front.
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