Somme Cl

by Hart,Peter

• ISBN13: 9781605980164
• ISBN10: 1605980161
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-17
• Publisher: MICROCASM

Summary

On July 1, 1916, the British Army launched the "Big 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 British lost over twenty thousand soldiers during the first day. This "battle" would drag on for another four bloody months. Expertly weaving together letters, diaries, and other first-person accounts, Peter Hart gives us a compelling narrative tribute to this infamous tragedy that epitomized the futility of "the war to end all wars."

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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