Weapons of the Trench War: 1914-1918

Trench warfare was a particularly horrific feature of the First World War, notably on the Western Front. The author looks at innovation in the trenches, the weapons and associated equipment designed to overcome the problems of trench warfare at trench level, including ideas that were never put to practical use. Much of the research material is drawn from UK patents for these weapons (a unique and unexploited source), combined with other official documentary sources and personal memoirs that refer to them in use. Numerous illustrations support the text.

Anthony Saunders is a graduate of Brunel University and worked in the Principal Directorate of Patents, MOD, for six years. He is now a freelance writer and editor