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No Labour, No Battle: Military Labour during the First World War
John Starling
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Description for No Labour, No Battle: Military Labour during the First World War
Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
From 1917 British soldiers who were unfit or too old for front-line service were to serve unarmed and within the range of German guns for weeks or even months at a time undertaking labouring tasks. Both at the time and since they have arguably not been given the recognition they deserve for this difficult and dangerous work. From non-existence in 1914, by November 1918 Military Labour had developed into an organised and efficient 350,000-strong Labour Corps, supported by Dominion and foreign labour of more than a million men. Following the war, the grim and solemn tasks of clearing battlefields and ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750956666
SKU
V9780750956666
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99-10
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