Warfare
Parapet
A wall of earth, stone or wood on the outer edge of a trench or other defensive work, which shelters the defenders; when temporary it is called a breastwork. To go over the parapet meant to leave the trench and attack.
Mentioned in
- Chapter III The War of Movement §10 The Christmas Truce and the Cost of 1914
- Chapter IV Deadlock §1 Why the Trenches? Firepower and the Shell Crisis
- Chapter IX In the Trenches §1 Anatomy of a Trench System§2 A Day in the Line: Stand-To, Rum and Relief§3 No Man's Land: Patrols, Raids and Wiring Parties§5 Going Over the Top
- Chapter X The Machinery of War §4 Tanks: From Landships to Whippets§5 Mining and Tunnelling: The War Beneath