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020 _a0330376438 (pbk.):
_c6.99 UK
100 1 _aFARRAR-HOCKLEY A H
_eAuthor
245 0 _aThe Somme/
_cA,H, Farrar-Hockley
260 _aLondon:
_bPan Books,
_c1983
300 _a269 pages;
_bmaps, illustrations;
_c19 cm.
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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