Three armies on the Somme : the first battle of the twentieth century / William Philpott.
Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, c2009.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xiii, 631 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780307265852
- 0307265854
- Bloody victory
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"Originally published in Great Britain in different form as Bloody victory : the sacrifice on the Somme and the making of the twentieth century : the battle, the myth, the legacy by Little, Brown ... in London, in 2009"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Engagement -- Three armies -- The strategic labyrinth -- Planning the attritional battle -- Preparing the big push -- "Varying fortune" : 1 July 1916 -- Exploitation -- The battle of attrition : August 1916 -- Behind the lines -- The tipping point : September 1916 -- Muddy stalemate : October-December 1916 -- "Victory inclining to us" -- Remobilisation -- Decision in Picardy : 1918 -- Aftermath and memory -- Reflection -- Appendix: a note on military organisation, 1914-1918.
A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as the tank and machine gun.
