Название: Ordnance: Equipping the British Army for the Great War
Автор: Philip Hamlyn Williams
Издательство: The History Press 2018
ISBN: 0750984414
Страниц: 189
Формат: PDF (conv)
Размер: 11 MB
In August 1914, Kitchener’s ‘Contemptible Little Army’ was highly professional but small, equipped with only what they could carry – and they were facing a force of continental proportions, heavily armed and well supplied.
The task of equipping the British Army was truly Herculean. Many able men had volunteered to fight in the trenches, and others would soon be called up, so this vital work was to be undertaken by the ordinary men and women left behind. In time, the government recognized the need for skills of engineering and logistics, and many of those who had survived the onslaught were brought back home to work.
