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Cargando... Animals in the Great Warpor Tanya Wynn, Stephen Wynn
Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.   ) JJ27VV | Aug 23, 2021 |  It's a quick read, I'll say that. I read it in just a couple hours, and found it mildly entertaining, kind of like skimming a Reader's Digest. A disappointment. I much preferred a couple novels I read on this subject a few years ago - Rosalind Belben's OUR HORSES IN EGYPT and Michael Morpurgo's acclaimed WAR HORSE. This one? It's a "meh." - Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER (  ) TimBazzett | Jul 31, 2019 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Cats, rabbits and even the bear that inspired Winnie the Pooh appear in remarkable photos of the 16 million animals caught up in World War One." --DailyMail.com Animals in the Great War looks at the use of animals by all sides in the Great War and to what effect. In the main, it focuses greatly on horses, dogs and pigeons but also addresses the war efforts of other animals. In the early years of the war horses were, to a large extent, the only form of transport that was available to the British Army, ranging from use by cavalry units, artillery units as well others such as the Army Ordnance Corps for the conveying of ammunition supplies to men fighting at the front. Britain sent an estimated one million horses to fight in the war, most of them to France and Belgium, but only 60,000 of them ever returned home, and only then were they returned because of the intervention of Winston Churchill. Dogs also played a major role in the war, especially in the trenches on the Western Front. They were used as mascots by the different regiments and in some cases, they were companions for homesick soldiers. They were also used for sentry duties in the trenches as well as catching rats, and they were used as messengers and to sniff out wounded soldiers in No Man's Land. Animals in the Great War explores how everyday domestic animals were transformed into remarkable wartime heroes, who more than did their bit for the war effort. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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