The Somme
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The Somme
By Robin Prior, Trevor WilsonThe trend seems to have set in after a visit by Kavanagh (commanding the Cavalry Corps) on September. The discussion commenced reasonably enough with Haig instructing Kavanagh to explore the area north of the River Ancre in case an ...
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The Somme: Herosim and Horror in the First World War
By Martin GilbertThe young Braithwaite had won one of the first Military Crosses of the war , at Mons . He was killed on July 1 while attacking the German stronghold known as the Quadrilateral , together with his commanding officer , his adjutant and ...
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The Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldiers' own Words and Photographs
By Richard van EmdenF**c***t is Fricourt village. ... Anonymous letters of a New Army (Kitchener) Officer I think my first impression was of the difficulty of finding one's way about in a maze of muddy ditches which all looked exactly alike, despite a few ...
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The Somme
By Peter Hart, Nigel SteelAll this is put in the context of the background to the battle, and Haig's overall strategy for the Western Front, making this the most comprehensive history of the battle since Lyn MacDonald's bestselling work over 20 years ago.
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The Somme
By Robin Prior, Trevor WilsonThis book meticulously reconstructs the battle, assigns responsibility to military and political leaders, and changes forever the way we understand this encounter and the history of the Western Front"--Publisher description.
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The Somme: Then and Now
By John Giles"In this revised edition ... John Giles has succeeded in recapturing the atmosphere of an era when men fought savage battles in and around water-filled trenches amongst the stinking litter of war .
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The Somme
By Robin Prior, Trevor WilsonIn the long history of the British Army, the Battle of the Somme was its bloodiest encounter.
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The Somme: The Dark Woods of Picardy July-August 1916
Whereas the first DVD in the series, The First of July 1916, focused on the opening day of the Somme, this volume covers the direct aftermath of that day and explains the action from that point until the end of August.
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The Somme
By Robin Prior, Trevor WilsonWhat went wrong for the British, and who was responsible? Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson have examined the entire public archive on the Battle of the Somme to reconstruct the day-by-day course of the war.
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The Somme: Herosim and Horror in the First World War
By Martin GilbertIn this vivid, deeply researched account of one history's most destructive battles, historian Martin Gilbert tracks the Battle of the Somme through the experiences of footsoldiers (known to the British as the PBI, for Poor Bloody Infantry), ...
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The Somme: Ninety Years On, a Visual History
By Duncan Youel, David Edgell"Whole waves were swept by the fire. The dead lay in long rows where they had fallen, the wounded lay with them." It was a bitter battle of attrition that...
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The Somme: Death of a Generation
By John HarrisThis is an unforgettable history of assault and bitter defence that takes the reader into the ferocious heart of a conflict, the scars of which remain to this day.
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The Somme: A New History
By Gary SheffieldThis 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.
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The Somme: Death of a Generation
By John HarrisThe Somme: Death of a Generation
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The Somme
By Sir Anthony Farrar-HockleyThe Somme