The Great War produced many innovations, in particular the spectacular
development by the British and French armies of motor transport. The
age-old problem of moving soldiers and their supplies was no different
in 1914 than it had been some 2,400 years ago, when the great Chinese
military thinker Sun Tzu informed his readers that the further an army
marched into enemy territory, the more the cost of transport
increased, even to the point that more supplies were consumed by the
transportation of men and their horses than was delivered to the
troops. Using many previously unpublished illustrations, including
artists' impressions, this book tells the story of the men and women
who made motor transport [MT] work for the victorious British Army on
the Western Front, so that in 1918, the humble lorry did indeed help
propel the British Army forward ‘On the Road to Victory’.
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The Rise of Motor Transport with the BEF on the Western Front
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781526750464
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter