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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Solihull, West Midlands :
Helion & Company,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Main Maps; Chapter 1: Setting the Scene; Chapter 2: Montauban and Pommiers Redoubt, 1 July 1916; Chapter 3: Mametz, 1 July 1916; Chapter 4: Fricourt, 1 July 1916; Chapter 5: La Boisselle and Ovillers, 1 July 1916; Chapter 6: The Battle in the Centre: La Boisselle, Contalmaison and Pozières; Chapter 7: The Night Attack on 14 July 1916; Chapter 8: Thiepval, 1 July 1916; Chapter 9: Mouquet Farm, Thiepval, Schwaben Redoubt and the Ancre Heights; Chapter 10: The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15 September 1916 and the Battles of Morval and Le Transloy.
- Chapter 11: The Battle of the Ancre, 13 November 1916 and the 63rd (Royal Naval) DivisionChapter 12: Y-Ravine and Beaumont-Hamel, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 13: Hawthorn Redoubt, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 14: The Sunken Road and Beaumont-Hamel, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 15: Redan Ridge, 1 July and November 1916; Chapter 16: Serre, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 17: Concluding Remarks; Selected Bibliography; Index.