{"product_id":"grenade-warfare-in-the-great-adam-langweiler-9798183665024","title":"Grenade Warfare in the Great War: Bombers, Rifle Grenadiers, Trench Raids, and the Tactics of Close Combat, 1914-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe grenade was old before World War I began. By 1918, it had become one of the defining weapons of trench warfare.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBombers of the Trenches\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed historian and collector's guide to the grenades, bombing parties, trench raids, rifle grenadiers, and close-quarter fighting of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the armies of Europe dug into the mud of France, Belgium, Gallipoli, Italy, and beyond, soldiers quickly discovered that rifles and bayonets were not enough. The enemy was often hidden around a trench corner, inside a dugout, behind a traverse, or waiting in a ruined strongpoint. The hand grenade became the weapon of those deadly hidden spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this richly detailed guide, Adam Langweiler explores how the grenade returned from military history to become a modern infantry weapon. From early improvised jam-tin bombs to the British Mills bomb, German stick grenades, French F-1 grenades, rifle grenades, bombing schools, trench raids, and elite assault troops, this book follows the grenade's transformation across the battlefields of World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this book, readers will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow trench warfare brought the grenade back into modern combat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rise of the WWI bomber and organized bombing parties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish, German, French, American, Italian, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman grenade use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of grenades in trench raids, dugout fighting, defense, and assault tactics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow rifle grenades extended the reach of the infantryman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe connection between grenades and elite assault troops such as German storm troops and Italian Arditi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fear, noise, accidents, and dangers of grenade warfare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollector guidance on identifying common WWI grenade types\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafety warnings for collecting inert ordnance, relics, pouches, manuals, and training items\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA glossary, timeline, and collector-focused appendices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for historians, militaria collectors, battlefield researchers, reenactors, museum enthusiasts, and readers of World War I history, \u003ci\u003eBombers of the Trenches\u003c\/i\u003e presents the grenade not merely as a weapon, but as an artifact of adaptation, fear, training, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the little bomb that changed trench warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must-read for collectors and historians interested in World War I weapons, trench raids, close-combat tactics, battlefield relics, and the material culture of the Great War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Langweiler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183665024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Adam Langweiler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997980438783,"sku":"9798183665024","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grenade-warfare-in-the-great-adam-langweiler-9798183665024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}