Buy this book on-line JOINER, Colonel J H: : ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS: The Story of British Military BridgingUK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKS,2001.LEO COOPER/Pen & Sword Books Ltd.,2001. ISBN 0850527880.
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Obstacle crossing has been a vital operational requirement from the earliest times.Successive generations of military commanders have recognized the importance of this task.The first work of its kind, 'One More River to Cross' traces the use and development of British military bridging from Edward I's invasion of Wales in 1282 to up-to-the-minute (then 2001) operations such as support for the United Nation's intervention in the Balkans.
In more recent times,the Corps of Royal Engineers have been responsible for this highly specialist role,which calls for great skill and ingenuity often under the most difficult, dangerous and demanding conditions.This specially commissioned work covers details of over 180 military bridging equipments,the tactical use to which they were put and the results achieved.This authoritative text is supported by copius photographs and line drawings.Comprehensive appendices include a chronological record of the equipment used by the British Army,further technical details,a pedigree of Royal Engineer Assault/Armoured units as well as a full list of Victoria Crosses won in bridging operations.
'One More River to Cross' will fascinate military historians in general and engineering specialists in particular.
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