Bloody victory : the sacrifice of the Somme and the making of the twentieth century / William Philpott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Little Brown, 2009Description: xi, 721 p. : ill. 24 p. platesISBN:
  • 9781408701089 (hbk) :
Subject(s): Summary: 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.
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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.

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