The French Army In The First World War

Język: Angielski Okładka: Miękka Ilość stron: 128 Stan: Nowy The French Army at Verdun by Ian Sumner is a WWI photographic history (Pen & Sword Images of War series, 2016), documenting French soldiers and commanders during the 10-month German offensive (Feb-Dec 1916) that became France's defining battle of attrition. Sumner uses rare contemporary images from French archives to show poilus enduring Falkenhayn's attritional meat-grinder, Pétain's "Voie Sacrée" logistics lifeline, fort defenses like Douaumont, and the "Ils ne passeront pas" tenacity amid 377,000 casualties—capturing mud, shell craters, and morale under General Nivelle's rotations.