Bully beef and biscuits : food in the Great War
Napoleon Bonaparte is often credited with saying that 'an army marches on its stomach'. A hundred years after his time, the soldiers of the Great War would do little marching. Instead, they would fight their battles from cold, muddy trenches, looking out across No Man's Land towards a...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Havertown : Pen and Sword Military,
2015
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| Schlagworte: | World War, 1914-1918 Operational rations (Military supplies) Soldiers |
| Umfang: | 376 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: 1914; Chapter 2: Bully Beef and Biscuits; Chapter 3: Supplying the Front; Chapter 4: Officers' Food; Chapter 5: Away from the Western Front; Chapter 6: Back Home; Chapter 7: Better Times; Notes; Index