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Item Details
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ATTACK ON THE SOMME
HAIG'S OFFENSIVE 1916 |
| By: |
Martin Pegler |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844153975 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844153978 |
| Publisher: |
PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
8 February, 2006 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
Provides an account of one of the most destructive battles of WW1. Based on contemporary sources, this work features eyewitness accounts and the historical and archaeological research. It reconsiders battle tactics, in particular Haig's often criticised use of tanks. |
| Synopsis: |
The Battle of the Somme is fixed in the country's collective memory as a disaster - probably the most bloody episode in the catalogue of futile offensives launched by the British on the Western Front. Over five months of desperate fighting in 1916 the British wrestled with the Germans for control of a narrow strip of innocuous French countryside. When the fighting petered out the British had barely pushed back the Germans from their original positions for a combined casualty figure of over a million men. But after 80 years this notorious episode in western military history deserves to be reassessed. Previously unpublished eyewitness accounts are used to give a fascinating first-hand view of the immediate experience of the fighting. As Martin Pegler shows, a revision in our assessment of the Somme, in particular of the tactics and the weaponry employed by the combatants, is overdue, and he challenges the traditional assumptions about the course of the battle and its future impact on the development of warfare. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrated throughout |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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