The Somme : The Day-By-Day Account
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Few battles in all of world history are as well-known as the Somme--and almost none were as tragically costly. Over 141 days in the summer and fall of 1916, the French and British drove the German... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1860198732
ISBN13:9781860198731
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:Caxton Editions
Weight:2.05 lbs.
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Most comprehensive one-volume account.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
The famous Somme battle has justly inspired many excellent works, but this one has unique value. Not just the story of that terrible first day, but the entire five month campaign is chronicled here on a daily basis, making it possible to track a particular unit throughout the battle, with this book alone. The reader will find the detailed but compact narrative accompanied by clear, annotated trench maps, photos carefully chosen to relate to the actions described, Orders of Battle for both British and German forces, a bibliography, and a splendid index. Essential for historians and readers of the Great War, Western Front buffs, militaria collectors, descendents of combattants, and students. If you could have only one history of the Battle of the Somme, this would be the best choice. (Mr. McCarthy is also the author of "Passchendaele: The Day- by-Day Account", a similar work of equal interest.)
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