French Poilu, 1914-18
By: Ian Sumner ; illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Contributors: Rava, Giuseppe, 1963-
Series: Warrior -- 134; Warrior series -- 134.
Publisher: Osprey
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781846038662
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; World War I.; Trench warfare; France; French Participation; France. Arme e; Military; History; Armee; HISTORY
Description: During World War One the French Army was in a state of disarray, plagued by indiscipline, mutinies and desertion. The ordinary French citizens that were called upon to defend their motherland - the Poilu - were disrespected and demoralized, and the infamous mutinies of 1917 by the Poilu were not protests against the war itself, but against how the war was conducted. Ian Sumner expertly charts the history of the Poilu, from the conscription of hundreds of thousands of men, through their training, to the horrors of the trenches and the fear of no man's land. Accompanied by new artwork and diagra.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Titile; Imprints; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Joining up; Equipment and weapons; Into the trenches; In action; Out of the trenches; Further reading; Index.