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The Cambrai campaign
- Title
- The Cambrai campaign / Andrew Rawson.
- Author
- Rawson, Andrew
- Publication
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-5686 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 189 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Cambrai Campaign 1917 is an account of the British Expeditionary Force s battles in November and December of 1917. It starts with the plan to carry out a tank raid on the Hindenburg Line at Cambrai. The raid grew into a full scale attack and Third Army would rely on a different style of attack. The preliminary bombardment would be done away with and the troops would assemble in secret. Predicted fire had reached such a level of accuracy that 1,000 guns could hit targets without registration. Meanwhile, over 375 tanks would lead the infantry through the Hindenburg Line, ripping holes in the wire and suppressing the enemy. The study of the German counter-attack ten days later, illustrates the different tactics they used and the British experience on the defensive. Each stage of the battle is given equal treatment, with detailed insights into the most talked about side of the campaign, the British side. It explains how far the Tank Corps had come in changing the face of trench warfare. Over forty new maps chart the day by day progress of each corps on each day. Together the narrative and the maps provide an insight into the British Army s experience during this important campaign. The men who made a difference are mentioned; those who led the advances, those who stopped the counter-attacks and those who were awarded the Victoria Cross. Discover the Cambrai campaign and learn how the British Army s brave soldiers fought and died fighting to achieve their objectives." --Publisher description.
- Alternative Title
- British Expeditionary Force : The Cambrai campaign, 1917
- Subject
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-5686
- ISBN
- 152671437X
- 9781526714374
- OCLC
- 1020302516
- Author
- Rawson, Andrew, author.
- Title
- The Cambrai campaign / Andrew Rawson.
- Publisher
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1917
- Spine Title
- British Expeditionary Force : The Cambrai campaign, 1917
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-5686