The Somme
/ Peter Hart
- London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2005.
- 589 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 564-575) and index.
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.
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Somme, 1st battle of the, France, 1916 World War, 1939-1945---Campaigns