The Somme : the darkest hour on the Western Front /
Hart, Peter, 1955-
The Somme : the darkest hour on the Western Front / Peter Hart. - 1st Pegasus Books ed. - New York : Pegasus Books, c2008. - 589 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rocky road -- Armies and weapons -- Moving on up -- 1 July 1916 -- The morning after -- Creeping forward -- Stumbling to disaster -- From bad to worse -- You are not alone -- When push comes to shove -- Hammering on -- October attrition -- Last shake on the Ancre -- Assessment.
Traces the harrowing 1916 "Big Push" confrontation between English, French, and German forces during which the British lost more than twenty thousand soldiers in the first day, in a narrative account drawn from letters, diaries, and first-person testimonies.
9781605980164 1605980161
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.
The Somme : the darkest hour on the Western Front / Peter Hart. - 1st Pegasus Books ed. - New York : Pegasus Books, c2008. - 589 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rocky road -- Armies and weapons -- Moving on up -- 1 July 1916 -- The morning after -- Creeping forward -- Stumbling to disaster -- From bad to worse -- You are not alone -- When push comes to shove -- Hammering on -- October attrition -- Last shake on the Ancre -- Assessment.
Traces the harrowing 1916 "Big Push" confrontation between English, French, and German forces during which the British lost more than twenty thousand soldiers in the first day, in a narrative account drawn from letters, diaries, and first-person testimonies.
9781605980164 1605980161
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.
