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The Great War from the German Trenches: A Sapper´s Memoir, 1914-1918
Artur H. Boer
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Description for The Great War from the German Trenches: A Sapper´s Memoir, 1914-1918
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, Photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Life in the trenches for German soldiers during World War I was every bit as hellish as it was for Allied troops. Arthur Boer survived almost four years of continual fighting on both the Eastern and Western fronts as a sapper (combat engineer) who found himself in the thick of major battles. He laid barbed wire in no-man's land under machine gun fire, bet money on aerial combat above the trenches between Baron von Richthofen and the English, faced starvation and crushing boredom. His war diary describes all in gritty detail, including the horror of gas warfare, doomed vainglorious charges ... Read more
Life in the trenches for German soldiers during World War I was every bit as hellish as it was for Allied troops. Arthur Boer survived almost four years of continual fighting on both the Eastern and Western fronts as a sapper (combat engineer) who found himself in the thick of major battles. He laid barbed wire in no-man's land under machine gun fire, bet money on aerial combat above the trenches between Baron von Richthofen and the English, faced starvation and crushing boredom. His war diary describes all in gritty detail, including the horror of gas warfare, doomed vainglorious charges ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9781476663685
SKU
V9781476663685
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About Artur H. Boer
The late Artur H. Boer was a professional engineer who lived and worked in Sweden after his emigration there in 1921. Bertil van Boer is a professional musician, conductor, composer, and Professor of Musicology-Theory at Western Washington University, USA. He is the author of several books on the music of the Eighteenth Century. He lives in Bellingham, Washington. ... Read more
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