Laffin

Author: John Laffin
ISBN: 0864175043
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Australian War Archaeology on the European battlefields

The modern wars of the Middle East began in 1947, when the Syrians, Egyptians, Jordanians and Lebanese were unofficially at war with the Jewish settlers of Palestine. On the 15 May, the day afer Israel was declared a sovreign state, the Arab invasion began. Between then and 1973 five wars occurred: those of 1948; the Sinai War; the Six-Day War; the 1968–1970 War of Attrition and the 1973 October War. This book examines the organization, training and equipment of the key Arab armies during these conflicts and the variey of uniforms are illustrated by a number of contemporary photographs and full colour artwork.

David, 27 ans, est comptable en province. Il est amoureux de Lise depuis l'enfance. Prétendant rendre visite chaque week-end à ses parents (en fait ils sont morts), David aménage un chalet en montagne pour s'y installer un jour avec Lise. Croit-il. Car Lise est mariée et jamais ne vivra avec David, c'est évident. Pas pour David, amoureux fou, plus fou qu'amoureux. Tout cela finira mal…

Official histories of the First World War are accounts of strategy and tactics, political and logistical considerations. After reading them many might ask why soldiers are rarely mentioned except in terms of military units. Even regimental histories devote more space to the plans and concepts than to the men used to implement the plans. This book was the first serious attempt to illustrate the humanity of the soldier on the Western Front, reflecting the war as they saw it from first shot to last. These tales, told to fellow men in the trenches, behind the lines, at base hospitals and at the estaminets and billets during rest periods, have been recorded here.