Bayonet Battle: bayonet warfare in the 20th century (1999) By Tim Ripley
An account of the success of the use of the bayonet in hand-to-hand fighting in anumber of battles during the 20th century, from the suicidal but ecentually successful bayonet attacks on Russian defences at Port Arthur in the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War, the horrors of WW1 including Gallipoli and the Somme, the close-combat in WW2 including Crete, the Waffen-SS in Normandy, Guadalcanal, Buna and Iwo Jima, Korea, Vietnam and the Falklands.
- Soft Cover
- 266 Pages
- In Good Condition