The Call of War
It is 1914 and the only life sixteen year old Harry has known is one of hardship and poverty. Merely struggling to survive he and his father are forced to take desperate measures. When Europe is plunged into conflict it is an easy decision for him to go for a soldier. Soon he is thrust into an unfamiliar world of violence as he takes part in the savage battles which raged during the Spring of 1915. Amongst the devastation of the Western Front, Harry comes of age, discovering death, terror, love and hate amidst the greatest war the world had ever seen. Harry must struggle to survive battling the enemies of his country and a figure from his past.
The Redoubt
1915. The Western Front is poised on a knife edge. The British are preparing to once again assault the German lines. Hardened by the battles of the spring the tired and bloodied infantry are rallied once more to the attack. The hope that the upcoming battle will decide the fate of the war drives the beleaguered soldiers on. Seventeen year old Harry is one of the thousands poised to take his chances before the German guns. As part of his battalion's newly formed sniping section he will be in the thick of the action. Fighting beside his friends he finds himself lost in a ferocious struggle for survival where his hopes, loves, dreams and innocence are dashed against an unyielding enemy in a battle which will shock the world.
The Devil on the Somme
Summer 1916. As the Western Front awakens once more from the slumber of winter both sides prepare for battle. After the failed offensives of the previous year the British are ready to once again throw their might against the German Army. Harry and his battalion are poised to join the fight. What awaits him is a struggle of untold horror and magnitude, where death is constant and bravery commonplace. On the Somme he must face up to the tragedy of war and fight to survive in the midst of the greatest battle the world has ever seen.
Sacrifice on the Somme.
1916. The battle of the Somme is a month old and both sides are locked in a death struggle as the British Army presses forward, battering against the strong German defences in a vicious battle of attrition. Through that murderous summer the world awaits the outcome of the desperate fight, the fate of empires hanging in the balance and resting on the courage of the ordinary men asked to fight.
Harry and his battalion are pushed into the battle, the young soldiers forced to face the true horror of war and the reality of industrialised death. Despite the carnage Harry and his friends struggle on, their loyalty to each other unbroken as they strive together against the enemy.
The Death of Battle.
The Somme, 1916.
As winter threatens to fall across Northern France the British make one last great effort to gain ground before the battle that has raged for five long months is brought to a halt.
For the exhausted men at the front, after weeks of vicious fighting, the rain and cold appears to have finally brought an end to the carnage on the Somme. However, there is to be one more battle, one final all out effort to break the faltering German Army before it is saved by the onset of winter.
For Harry and his section the battle will be a vicious horror of constant attacks, against an enemy determined to fight for every scrap of ground. Faced with the brutal reality of modern war the men are pushed to the limits of their endurance as the last great struggle of the Somme offensive grinds to a bitter end.
The Storm at Vimy Ridge.
1917.
Threatening the British flank, Vimy Ridge stands like a rock above the Douai plain. The enemy has held it since the first months of the war and have turned it into a fortress.
Temporarily attached to a company of engineers tasked with seizing the tunnels that lie hidden beneath Vimy Ridge, Harry and his section will find themselves caught in the grip of the storm as they battle their way onto the ridge and below it.
It is 1914 and the only life sixteen year old Harry has known is one of hardship and poverty. Merely struggling to survive he and his father are forced to take desperate measures. When Europe is plunged into conflict it is an easy decision for him to go for a soldier. Soon he is thrust into an unfamiliar world of violence as he takes part in the savage battles which raged during the Spring of 1915. Amongst the devastation of the Western Front, Harry comes of age, discovering death, terror, love and hate amidst the greatest war the world had ever seen. Harry must struggle to survive battling the enemies of his country and a figure from his past.
The Redoubt
1915. The Western Front is poised on a knife edge. The British are preparing to once again assault the German lines. Hardened by the battles of the spring the tired and bloodied infantry are rallied once more to the attack. The hope that the upcoming battle will decide the fate of the war drives the beleaguered soldiers on. Seventeen year old Harry is one of the thousands poised to take his chances before the German guns. As part of his battalion's newly formed sniping section he will be in the thick of the action. Fighting beside his friends he finds himself lost in a ferocious struggle for survival where his hopes, loves, dreams and innocence are dashed against an unyielding enemy in a battle which will shock the world.
The Devil on the Somme
Summer 1916. As the Western Front awakens once more from the slumber of winter both sides prepare for battle. After the failed offensives of the previous year the British are ready to once again throw their might against the German Army. Harry and his battalion are poised to join the fight. What awaits him is a struggle of untold horror and magnitude, where death is constant and bravery commonplace. On the Somme he must face up to the tragedy of war and fight to survive in the midst of the greatest battle the world has ever seen.
Sacrifice on the Somme.
1916. The battle of the Somme is a month old and both sides are locked in a death struggle as the British Army presses forward, battering against the strong German defences in a vicious battle of attrition. Through that murderous summer the world awaits the outcome of the desperate fight, the fate of empires hanging in the balance and resting on the courage of the ordinary men asked to fight.
Harry and his battalion are pushed into the battle, the young soldiers forced to face the true horror of war and the reality of industrialised death. Despite the carnage Harry and his friends struggle on, their loyalty to each other unbroken as they strive together against the enemy.
The Death of Battle.
The Somme, 1916.
As winter threatens to fall across Northern France the British make one last great effort to gain ground before the battle that has raged for five long months is brought to a halt.
For the exhausted men at the front, after weeks of vicious fighting, the rain and cold appears to have finally brought an end to the carnage on the Somme. However, there is to be one more battle, one final all out effort to break the faltering German Army before it is saved by the onset of winter.
For Harry and his section the battle will be a vicious horror of constant attacks, against an enemy determined to fight for every scrap of ground. Faced with the brutal reality of modern war the men are pushed to the limits of their endurance as the last great struggle of the Somme offensive grinds to a bitter end.
The Storm at Vimy Ridge.
1917.
Threatening the British flank, Vimy Ridge stands like a rock above the Douai plain. The enemy has held it since the first months of the war and have turned it into a fortress.
Temporarily attached to a company of engineers tasked with seizing the tunnels that lie hidden beneath Vimy Ridge, Harry and his section will find themselves caught in the grip of the storm as they battle their way onto the ridge and below it.
