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020 _a9781408701089 (hbk) :
_c25.00 GBP
100 1 _aPHILPOTT William
245 _aBloody victory :
_bthe sacrifice of the Somme and the making of the twentieth century /
_cWilliam Philpott.
260 _aLondon :
_bLittle Brown,
_c2009
300 _axi, 721 p. :
_bill. 24 p. plates
520 _aA 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.
650 _aFIRST WORLD WAR
_xWESTERN FRONT
650 _aSOMME
_xFIRST BATTLE
945 _i30035-1001
_rY
_sY
999 _c15526
_d15526