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The modern variation of medieval warfare.

This is a history of the greatest infantry bayonet charges that won an attack or beat off assaults, where raw courage & cold steel have often won the day over technology & numbers. The book starts with an account of the bayonet actions during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. Then it moves 20 years forward to the outbreak of WW1 & the horrors of trench warfare. The fighting is, where possible, told through the words of those who took part or who witnessed it, conveying the full horror, excitement & atmosphere of this close-quarter fighting. Also includes bayonet actions during WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam War, & the British recapture of the Falklands in 1982. Photos.

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Probably the most notable exponents of the bayonet were the Japanese during World War II.

The full horror, excitement & atmosphere of bayonet fighting

The story of the bayonet, a survivor from much earlier military methods, in twentieth-century warfare. Still important today, its most infamous use was by the Japanese in World War II in their terrifying banzai charges.

This thorough yet exciting examination of a little-known aspect of warfare will appeal to both military historians and the general reader alike.