Fighting Fit 1939

Ed. Adam Culling

ISBN 10: 1445638177 / ISBN 13: 9781445638171

Published by Amberley, 2014

About this Item

Adam Culling, Curator of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum, presents a number of the Army's training and equipment manuals, books and photographs. Ranging from Physical Training (1937) to Shoot to Kill (1944), the publications reproduced here show how the British soldier was kept fighting fit before and during the Second World War. Off-mint.

Seller Inventory # 520057

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fighting Fit 1939
• Publisher: Amberley
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1445638177
• ISBN 13: 9781445638171
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New - Acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

The Second World War prompted the recruitment and training of British soldiers on a scale never seen since. Physical training, sports, recreational games and bayonet fighting training all fell under the instruction of what became the Army Physical Training Corps in 1940, a unit that had already proved vital in creating and maintaining fitness and battle-readiness among recruits in the First World War. Adam W. Culling, Curator of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum, has collected here a number of training and equipment manuals, books and photographs. Together these provide an insight into how the physical training instructor kept the British soldier Fighting Fit.

About the Author

Adam Culling is a museum curator and historian who has had a lifetime interest in military history. He has had the privilege to curate regimental and local history museum collections for over fifteen years. He lives on the Essex/Suffolk border with his wife and daughter.