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The Somme

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On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous 7-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme.

Over the next four and half months they continued to attack, with little or no gain, and with horrendous losses to both sides.

This book, written by the world's foremost expert in the subject, describes in chilling detail everything from the grand strategy to the experience of the men on the ground.

Illustrated throughout, it is a stunning and absorbing depiction of the horror that was the Somme in 1916.

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Weidenfeld Military
0304366498 / 9780304366491
Paperback / softback
08/01/2004
United Kingdom
English
xvi, 192 p. : ill.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: 2003.
Accessible narrative history of one of the twentieth century's key battles Includes a Foreword by Richard Holmes Controversial - Gary Sheffield claims that although the Somme was a tragic and bloody campaign it was not a defeat and nor was it completely futile By a world-renowned expert on the British Army and the First World War Illustrated with maps and many rare photographs
Accessible narrative history of one of the twentieth century's key battles Includes a Foreword by Richard Holmes Controversial - Gary Sheffield claims that although the Somme was a tragic and bloody campaign it was not a defeat and nor was it completely futile By a world-renowned expert on the British Army and the First World War Illustrated with maps and many rare photographs 3JJF c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) , HBJD1 British & Irish history, HBWN First World War, JWD Land forces & warfare