Bloody victory : the sacrifice of the Somme and the making of the twentieth century /
PHILPOTT William
Bloody victory : the sacrifice of the Somme and the making of the twentieth century / William Philpott. - London : Little Brown, 2009 - xi, 721 p. : ill. 24 p. plates
A reassessment of the Battle of the Somme, 1916, which questions many long held assumptions and sets events in their broader context for example noting that the armies of three nations - France, Germany, and Britain - were involved, even though the story is most often presented as a colossal waste of British lives.
9781408701089 (hbk) : 25.00 GBP
FIRST WORLD WAR--WESTERN FRONT
SOMME--FIRST BATTLE
Bloody victory : the sacrifice of the Somme and the making of the twentieth century / William Philpott. - London : Little Brown, 2009 - xi, 721 p. : ill. 24 p. plates
A reassessment of the Battle of the Somme, 1916, which questions many long held assumptions and sets events in their broader context for example noting that the armies of three nations - France, Germany, and Britain - were involved, even though the story is most often presented as a colossal waste of British lives.
9781408701089 (hbk) : 25.00 GBP
FIRST WORLD WAR--WESTERN FRONT
SOMME--FIRST BATTLE