The Somme : the darkest hour on the Western Front / Peter Hart.
Publication details: New York : Pegasus Books, c2008.Edition: 1st Pegasus Books edDescription: 589 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781605980164
- 1605980161
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BSOP Library | GC | D545.S7 H25 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00057566 |
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.
