First World War and army of occupation war diary : France, Belgium and Germany
Great Britain. Army. Black Watch2015
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The Great War, day by day, written by the men who fought the ‘War to end all Wars’. Full colour facsimile of each and every page.
A War Diary records what the particular unit was doing each day. It contains a wealth of information that catalogues its various activities, whether it is bitter and costly fighting, or more mundane tasks such as training. It is generally the only record to indicate what soldiers probably did during the war. What were kept were the diaries of the unit the man belonged to. You can read exactly what a unit did and, from that, infer what actions the men assigned to that unit did. The War Diaries are among the most popular documents to be sought at The National Archives. Chronological index to each volume, secret and confidential intelligence, operational orders, battalion and company orders, timing of attacks and attack objectives, discipline, meteorological weather reports, trench raids and night attacks, equipment diagrams and line
drawings, place names and map co-ordinates, battalion and company actions, officers’ movements, localised trench maps and plans, casualty figures of the missing and wounded, hand written-up and signed each day by the appointed officer, actually at the sharp end with his men in the trenches. Uniquely rich and full of military and historical information.
Main title:
First World War and army of occupation war diary : France, Belgium and Germany / 51 Division 153 Infantry Brigade Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial) ; 2 May 1915 - 28 February 1919 ; WO95/2876
Author:
Imprint:
Uckfield, East Sussex : The Naval & Military Press, 2015.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white, colour) ; 30 cm.
ISBN:
9781474528665
Local class:
940.481
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2886354