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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-08 - Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous seven-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme. Over
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Pages: 680
Authors: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign—victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of account
The Somme
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Peter Barton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-24 - Publisher: Constable

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Peter Barton's landmark volume presents over 50 original panoramas of the battlegrounds of the Somme. They show what no other photographs can: the view from the
The First Day on the Somme
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Authors: Martin Middlebrook
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A history of the British Army’s experience at the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I. After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7:30 AM on Ju
The Somme
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Authors: Robin Prior
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"Despite superior air and artillery power, British soldiers died in catastrophic numbers at the Battle of Somme in 1916. What went wrong, and who was responsibl