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Elegy: The First Day on the Somme - Hardcover

Roberts, Andrew

 
9781784080013: Elegy: The First Day on the Somme
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ISBN 10: 1784080012 ISBN 13: 9781784080013
Verlag: HEAD OF ZEUS, 2015

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The New York Times-bestselling author of Napeoleon: A Life and The Storm of War tells the shattering story of the blackest day in the history of British army: the first day of the Somme Offensive, July 1, 1916

On July 1, 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and five French divisions launched their long-awaited "Big Push" on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns&;manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts&;inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. The British Fourth Army lost 57,470 casualties, the French Sixth Army suffered 1,590 casualties, and the German 2nd Army 10,000. And this was but the prelude to 141 days of slaughter that would witness the deaths of between 750,000 and 1 million troops. Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest day in the history of the British army&;a summer&;s day turned hell on earth by modern military technology&;in the words of casualties, survivors, and the bereaved.

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Andrew Roberts is a prize-winning historian, journalist, and broadcaster. His books include Masters and Commanders, Napoleon: A Life and, The Storm of War.

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Verlag
HEAD OF ZEUS
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1784080012
ISBN 13 
9781784080013
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320
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