Somme Pa

by Hart,Peter

• ISBN13: 9781605980812
• ISBN10: 1605980811
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: MICROCASM

Summary

On July 1, 1916, the British Army launched the 'œBig Push' that was supposed to bring an end to the horrific stalemate on the Western Front between British, French, and German forces. What resulted was one of the greatest single human catastrophes in twentieth century warfare. Scrambling out of trenches in the face of German machine guns and artillery fire, the Allied Powers lost over twenty thousand soldiers that first day. This 'œbattle' would drag on for another four bloody months, resulting in over one million causalities among the three powers. As the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum in London, Peter Hart has brought to light new material never before seen or heard. The Somme is an unparalleled evocation of World War I's iconic contest'”the definitive account of one of the major tragedies of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

Peter Hart, author of numerous works of military history, is a director at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 11
The Rocky Road	p. 15
Armies and Weapons	p. 38
Moving On Up	p. 57
1 July 1916	p. 109
The Morning After	p. 211
Creeping Forward	p. 222
Stumbling to Disaster	p. 283
From Bad to Worse	p. 323
You are not Alone	p. 346
When Push Comes to Shove	p. 361
Hammering On	p. 408
October Attrition	p. 443
Last Shake on the Ancre	p. 483
Assessment	p. 528
Acknowledgements	p. 535
Life in the Trenches	p. 538
British Orders of Battle	p. 549
German Orders of Battle	p. 561
Notes to the Text	p. 564
Index	p. 576
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