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_a0330376438 (pbk.): _c6.99 UK |
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_aFARRAR-HOCKLEY A H _eAuthor |
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_aThe Somme/ _cA,H, Farrar-Hockley |
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_aLondon: _bPan Books, _c1983 |
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_a269 pages; _bmaps, illustrations; _c19 cm. |
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440 | _aPan Grand Strategy Series | ||
520 | _aIt 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'. | ||
598 | _aBATTLE OF THE SOMME, FIRST WORLD WAR, MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS, TRENCH ACTION, TRENCH WARFARE | ||
650 | _aBATTLE OF THE SOMME | ||
650 | _aFIRST WORLD WAR | ||
650 | _aMILITARY ENGAGEMENTS | ||
650 | _aTRENCH ACTION | ||
650 | _aTRENCH WARFARE | ||
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