| Title: |
The Somme : Heroism and Horror in the First World War |
| Publishing data: |
John Murray UK; Henry Holt USA;
McClelland and Stewart Canada (29 June 2006) |
| Summary: |
A study of the five-and-a-half-month struggle
on the Western Front, from 1 July to 18 November 1916,
as seen through the words of the commanders, the
officers and the men, of whom more than 310,000 were
killed: among them Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotsmen,
Welshmen, Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians,
Newfoundlanders, South Africans, Frenchmen and
Germans. |
| Notes About This Book: |
Includes 49 photographs, 33
specially drawn maps, a 7-page bibliography, and a
17-page itemized index compiled by the author. |
