Six Weeks by John Lewis-Stempel - 9781409102144

Orion Publishing Co

Six WeeksThe Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War\nAuthor(s): John Lewis-Stempel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom\nImprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )\nISBN-13: 9781409102144, 978-1409102144\nSynopsis\nThe extraordinary story of British junior officers in the First World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a life expectancy of six weeks. During the Great War, many boys went straight from the classroom to the most dangerous job in the world - that of junior officer on the Western Front. Although desperately aware of how many of their predecessors had fallen before them, nearly all stepped forward, unflinchingly, to do their duty. The average life expectancy of a subaltern in the trenches was a mere six weeks. In this remarkable book, John Lewis-Stempel focuses on the forgotten men who truly won Britain's victory in the First World War - the subalterns, lieutenants and captai.