Bayonet Battle

Name: Bayonet Battle
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ISBN: 9780283063237

ISBN-10: 0283063238

ISBN-13: 9780283063237

Edition: 1999

Authors: Tim Ripley

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A survivor from early military periods, the bayonet continued to be used in 20th century warfare. Probably the most notable exponents were the Japanese during WW2. This book offers a history of the bayonet in 20th century warfare.

Book details

Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.62" long
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Tim Ripley is a full time author and photojournalist who is also a keen student of military history. He has written numerous books on hardware, tactics and campaigns, includingBayonet Battle, Operation Deliberate Force, Jane's Pocket Guide to Modern Military HelicoptersandLand Power: the Coalition and the Iraqi Armies. He currently lives in the north of England.

Introduction	p. 1
History of the Bayonet	p. 2
The Bayonet Charge in History	p. 6
Bayonet Drills and Killing Skills	p. 13
The First World War
Port Arthur Prelude	p. 19
War of Movement - 1914	p. 23
1915 - Nemesis of the Bayonet Charge	p. 34
Gallipoli - The Charge from the Sea	p. 44
1916 - The Somme: The Cult of the Bayonet	p. 54
Defeat and Victory - 1917-18	p. 68
The Second World War
Introduction	p. 80
Crete - 1941	p. 82
Desert Bayonets	p. 89
Last Stand in Africa	p. 95
The US Rangers - Tunisia/Italy	p. 101
Primosole Bridge	p. 108
Italy - Mountain Warfare	p. 114
Waffen-SS Battles in Normandy	p. 120
Defeating Germany	p. 124
Banzai - Malaya and Singapore	p. 129
Guadalcanal - 1942	p. 139
Aussie Bayonets at Buna	p. 148
Bayonets in Burma	p. 152
'I have returned'	p. 163
Iwo Jima and Okinawa - 1945	p. 168
Human Wave - East Asia
Introduction	p. 175
Disaster at Unsan - 1950	p. 177
Winter Retreat - Chosin	p. 182
Stalemate in Korea - 1951-53	p. 187
The Legion Dies Fighting - Dien Bien Phu	p. 191
The Bayonet in Low-Intensity Warfare - Vietnam and Aden
Introduction	p. 196
Vietnam - Search and Destroy 1967-68	p. 197
Bayonets at Khe Sanh	p. 204
Battle for Hue	p. 211
The Last Australian Bayonet Charge	p. 214
Aden 1967 - Border Bayonets	p. 223
The Falklands 1982
Introduction	p. 230
Top Malo House	p. 234
Mount Longdon	p. 236
Mount Tumbledown	p. 240
A Century of Bayonet Fighting
Conclusion	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 256
Index	p. 259
Acknowledgements	p. 266
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