| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Series |
British battles series |
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British battles series.
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| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Originally published in 1964, this is a critically acclaimed classic history of the military engagements of the Somme, which raged from July to November, 1916. It tells of bloody battles interspersed with trench actions of dreadful intensity. In addition to the key confrontations, Farrar-Hockley provides a detailed background to the Somme planning and why it failed with dreadful casualties. In its entirety, the conflict along the Somme scarred the minds of a whole generation, becoming recorded by historians as the graveyard of the "flower of British manhood." |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Military / World War I.
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Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Messenger, Charles, 1941-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Farrar-Hockley, Anthony, 1924-2006. Somme Philadelphia, Dufour Editions, 1964. (DLC)64025480 |
| ISBN |
9780750968973 (e-pub) |
| Standard No. |
9780750968973 |
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