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armistice day
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battles in France
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British Army
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early twentieth century history
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European history
Gary Sheffield
illustrated military history
key battles of the first world war
leading military expert
lions led by donkeys
military history
most famous battle of the First World War
Really accessible history
remembrance day
Richard Holmes
River Somme
The Great War
trench warfare
twentieth-century history
Product details
- ISBN 9780304366491
- Weight: 176g
- Dimensions: 154 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jan 2004
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Gary Sheffield is Professor of Modern History at King's College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and author of Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities and The Somme. He broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and writes for the national press. He lives in Oxfordshire.
Dr John Bourne is Director of the Centre for First World War Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Vice-President of the Western Front Association. He has written widely on the First World War, including Britain and the Great War 1914-1918 and Who's Who in the First World War. He lives in Birmingham.
