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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2017
      June 2017
      ISBN:
      9781316771747
      9781107170551
      9781316623695
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316771747
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.71kg, 362 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 364 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Military Histories
      Subjects:
      Twentieth Century British History, Regional and World History: General Interest, Military History, History
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    Series:
    Cambridge Military Histories
    Subjects:
    Twentieth Century British History, Regional and World History: General Interest, Military History, History
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    This is an important new study examining the military operations of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914–18 through the lens of its communications system. Brian Hall charts how new communications technology such as wireless, telephone and telegraph were used alongside visual signalling, carrier pigeons and runners as the British army struggled to develop a communication system adequate enough to wage modern warfare. He reveals how tenuous communications added to the difficulties of command and control during the war's early years, and examines their role during the major battles of the Somme, Arras, Ypres and Cambrai. It was only in 1918 that the British army would finally develop a flexible and sophisticated communications system capable of effectively coordinating infantry, artillery, tanks and aeroplanes. This is a major contribution to our understanding of British military operations during the First World War, the learning processes of armies and the revolution in military affairs.

    Awards

    Winner, 2018 Whitfield Prize, Royal Historical Society

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    • 1 - Organisation
      pp 22-53
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