Understanding the Somme 1916 : an illuminating battlefield guide /

This is a guidebook with a difference. It is not a list of memorials and cemeteries. Its aim is to provide the reader with an understanding of the Battle of the Somme. There were some partial successes; there were many disastrous failures. In 17 concise chapters dealing with different areas of the b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Scotland, Thomas (Thomas R.) (Autor), Heys, Steven (Steven D.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Company, 2014.
Temas:
1914-1918
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 > Guidebooks.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France.
Bataille de la Somme, France, 1916 > Guides.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > France.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Military campaigns.
France.
Guidebooks.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This is a guidebook with a difference. It is not a list of memorials and cemeteries. Its aim is to provide the reader with an understanding of the Battle of the Somme. There were some partial successes; there were many disastrous failures. In 17 concise chapters dealing with different areas of the battlefield and various aspects of strategy, this book explains what happened in each location and why. Each chapter is accompanied by color photographs, taken by the authors in the course of many visits to the Somme, which will illustrate, illuminate and allow the reader to understand important poin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781910294901
191029490X

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