or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
39 used & new from £1.91
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The War the Infantry Knew: A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium (History Greats)
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

The War the Infantry Knew: A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium (History Greats) (Paperback)

by J.C. Dunn (Author) "At the outbreak of the Great War I was Company Sergeant-Major of B Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers ..." (more)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
RRP: £16.99
Price: £11.25 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £5.74 (34%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 5 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, November 10? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
15 new from £8.51 23 used from £1.91 1 collectible from £9.99

Frequently Bought Together

The War the Infantry Knew: A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium (History Greats) + Old Soldiers Never Die + Storm of Steel (Penguin Modern Classics)
Price For All Three: £25.23

Show availability and shipping details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Old Soldiers Never Die

Old Soldiers Never Die

by Frank Richards
4.8 out of 5 stars (5)  £7.49
Storm of Steel (Penguin Modern Classics)

Storm of Steel (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Ernst Junger
4.7 out of 5 stars (16)  £6.49
Her Privates We

Her Privates We

by Frederic Manning
4.8 out of 5 stars (6)  £6.33
Under Fire (Penguin Modern Classics)

Under Fire (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Henri Barbusse
5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £7.68
Old Soldier Sahib

Old Soldier Sahib

by Frank Richards DCM MM
5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £8.99
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 612 pages
  • Publisher: Abacus; New edition edition (1 Dec 1988)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0349106355
  • ISBN-13: 978-0349106359
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 112,177 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #16 in  Books > History > World History > World War II 1939-1945 > Western Front
    #45 in  Books > History > Europe > World War I 1914-1918
    #70 in  Books > Biography > War & Espionage > World War I

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   Images of war opens new browser window
www.jacar.go.jp  -  Free access to historical data Millions of documents and images 
  
 

Product Description

Review

'Sometimes, through word of mouth and shared enthusiasm, a secret book becomes famous. The War the Infantry Knew is one of them. Published privately in a limited edition of five hundred copies in 1938, it gained a reputation as an outstanding account of an infantry battalion's experience on the Western Front' - Daily Telegraph ' I have been waiting for a long time for someone to republish this classic. It is one of the most interesting and revealing books of its type and is a genuinely truthful and fascinating picture of the war as it was for the infantry' - John Keegan 'A remarkably coherent narrative of the battalion's experiences in diary form ...a moving historical record which deserves to be added to the select list of outstanding accounts of the First World War' - Times Literary Supplement


Product Description

'Sometimes, through word of mouth and shared enthusiasm, a secret book becomes famous. The War the Infantry Knew is one of them. Published privately in a limited edition of five hundred copies in 1938, it gained a reputation as an outstanding account of an infantry battalion's experience on the Western Front' Daily Telegraph ' I have been waiting for a long time for someone to republish this classic. It is one of the most interesting and revealing books of its type and is a genuinely truthful and fascinating picture of the war as it was for the infantry' John Keegan 'A remarkably coherent narrative of the battalion's experiences in diary form ...a moving historical record which deserves to be added to the select list of outstanding accounts of the First World War' Times Literary Supplement
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
At the outbreak of the Great War I was Company Sergeant-Major of B Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
See all 5 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The War the Infantry Knew: A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium (History Greats)
87% buy the item featured on this page:
The War the Infantry Knew: A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium (History Greats) 4.7 out of 5 stars (12)
£11.25
Old Soldiers Never Die
8% buy
Old Soldiers Never Die 4.8 out of 5 stars (5)
£7.49
Storm of Steel (Penguin Modern Classics)
4% buy
Storm of Steel (Penguin Modern Classics) 4.7 out of 5 stars (16)
£6.49
Passchendaele
1% buy
Passchendaele 5.0 out of 5 stars (7)
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

12 Reviews
5 star:
 (8)
4 star:
 (4)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.7 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A day to day experience of serving in the First World War, 27 Dec 2001
Briefly, this is one of the best books I've ever read on any subject. It gives a real, day to day experience of serving in the First World War, and though written from the officer perspective it gives a clearer view of life in the ranks than you often get from autobiographies by enlisted men (who may have lacked the literary skills to describe their experiences). It conveys the sense of regimental pride, alongside the full horror of battle. It even shows what life was like for the local people trying to survive behind the lines. There are some very funny episodes and some very poignant and bitter ones, all jumbled up together. As a previous reviewer wrote, if you only ever read one book on the First World War, this should be the one.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a triumph, 26 Dec 2003
By M. P. Dixon "Tosca the Cat" (UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
For all the thousands of pages that have been written about the Great War, there are few better than this book. It is a poignant, funny, heart warming and upsetting book all rolled into one. From first hand accounts of day to day life in the trenches, to moving stories of heroism and comradeship behind the lines, I have yet to read a book on World War One that combines so much atmospheric description with factual accounts and still leaves the reader craving for more. There are incidents that are funny, there are incidents that are sad, and it is the combination of light hearted recollection, mixed with painful descriptions of trench life and death that make this book a work of genius.
If you only have one book that describes daily life in the trenches, combined with witty humour and perceptual observations then you cannot do better than this one.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great read., 24 May 2003
By JEFFREY (EYE, SUFFOLK United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I have read many many books on the subject of the Great War, this book surpasses them all. It is a compelling account of the life of an infantry battalion, at times sad at other times funny. I highly recommend that the introduction is read in full, this will assist in gaining more enjoyment when reading the main event,a brilliant read.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Big but good
Not quite a classic but lovely all the same. Should perhaps be 'the war the infantry officer knew' but that's the way of things.
Published 2 days ago by Dermie X

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive account
When I read this book, what struck me most was how far removed my own 21st century attitudes towards life, death, service, etc, were from those of the author. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Gordon J. Mckay

4.0 out of 5 stars Hell on Earth
I started to read this while visiting The Somme. A very long, moving account of life in Royal Welch Fusiliers in WWI. The compiler was their medical officer. Read more
Published 18 months ago by G. J. Weeks

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great Great War books
This must be amongst the very best books to emerge from 1914-1918. What it has that many memoirs do not is a certain objective detachment, where it is needed, and an ability to... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2007 by Stephen Bull

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Single Book on the War
Wholeheartedly support others comments. Dunn and his host of collaborators give the best general picture of what 'really happened' of the hundreds of first hand accounts. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2007 by P. Grant

5.0 out of 5 stars Question.
I have read many WW1 books. The Unknown Soldier by Neil Hanson, The Trench, Britains Last Tommies and Boy Soldiers of the Great War, all by Richard van Emden. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2006 by Berit H. Grude

5.0 out of 5 stars Spooky, Informative, just right
What a book - I had looked forward to reading this for the last two years, saved it for this year's Summer holiday in France and Belgium (! Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Very illuminating
First class book. Illuminating revelation of trials and triumphs of BEF regiment both on and off the battlefield. Includes sections by Sassoon and Graves. Very interesting.
Published on 16 Nov 1999 by woodwar@globalnet.co.uk

4.0 out of 5 stars Very illuminating
First class book. Illuminating revelation of trials and triumphs of BEF regiment both on and off the battlefield. Includes sections by Sassoon and Graves. Very interesting.
Published on 16 Nov 1999 by woodwar@globalnet.co.uk

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject























i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.