Other Side of the Wire Volume 3: With the XIV Reserve Corps: The Period of Transition 2 July 1916 - August 1917 Whitehead Ralph J.

Specifikacia Other Side of the Wire Volume 3: With the XIV Reserve Corps: The Period of Transition 2 July 1916 - August 1917 Whitehead Ralph J.

Volume 3 carries the story of the XIV Reserve Corps through the momentous Battle of the Somme and into 1917, a period of transition for the German Army. The old tactics and strategy of trench warfare would undergo great changes as the German Army was transformed from a military force rooted in the 19th Century into a modern 20th Century fighting force with new strategies and tactics. The concept of a continuous trench system was being transformed into a defense in depth as a direct result of a shortage of men in the German Army. The reader will experience the withdrawal to the Siegfried Stellung (Hindenburg Line) and the subsequent fighting by Arras and trench warfare by Verdun and in the Champagne. What was not known to the rank and file during this time were the difficulties facing the German High Command in regard to manpower problems, and the huge consumption of critical resources