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The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War

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 | #2328636 in Books |  Martin Gilbert |  2007-05-29 |  2007-05-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.81 x5.50l,.90 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

 | The Somme Herosim and Horror in the First World War

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||9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Very well written. Another sucess for Mr Gilbert|By Ironmike|The new book on the Somme offensive is written in a most readable style. Mr Gilbert has done some extensive research and travel for this one. The book encompasses not just the first bloody day of the Somme battle in 1916, but the entire, sprawling campaign, its commanders and infantrymen. Often brutal, the pages are|From Publishers Weekly|The four-month–long battle of the Somme epitomized the futile bloodletting on the western front, with 19,000 advancing British soldiers killed by the Germans on the very first day. From the impersonality of this mechanized slaughter,

"Gilbert has unearthed fascinating details of the campaign . . . An unforgettable read."―The Philadelphia Inquirer

At 7:30 a.m. on July 1, 1916, the first Allied soldiers climbed out of their trenches along the Somme River in France and charged into no-man's-land, toward the barbed wire and machine guns at the German front lines. In the months that followed, the fifteen-mile-long territory erupted into the epicenter of the Great War, marking a pi...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War   |  Martin Gilbert. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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