The Somme/
FARRAR-HOCKLEY A H
The Somme/ A,H, Farrar-Hockley - London: Pan Books, 1983 - 269 pages; maps, illustrations; 19 cm. - Pan Grand Strategy Series .
It tells of bloody battles interspersed with trench actions of dreadful intensity. In addition to the key confrontations, Farrar-Hockley provides a detailed background to the Somme planning and why it failed with dreadful casualties. In its entirety, the conflict along the Somme scarred the minds of a whole generation, becoming recorded by historians as the graveyard of the 'flower of British manhood'.
0330376438 (pbk.): 6.99 UK
BATTLE OF THE SOMME
FIRST WORLD WAR
MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS
TRENCH ACTION
TRENCH WARFARE
The Somme/ A,H, Farrar-Hockley - London: Pan Books, 1983 - 269 pages; maps, illustrations; 19 cm. - Pan Grand Strategy Series .
It tells of bloody battles interspersed with trench actions of dreadful intensity. In addition to the key confrontations, Farrar-Hockley provides a detailed background to the Somme planning and why it failed with dreadful casualties. In its entirety, the conflict along the Somme scarred the minds of a whole generation, becoming recorded by historians as the graveyard of the 'flower of British manhood'.
0330376438 (pbk.): 6.99 UK
BATTLE OF THE SOMME
FIRST WORLD WAR
MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS
TRENCH ACTION
TRENCH WARFARE