LEADER 00000nam a22004211i 4500 001 frd00011143 003 CtWfDGI 005 20160810135553.0 006 m eo d 007 cr un ---anuuu 008 160810s2016 xx eo 000 0 eng d 020 9780750968973|q(e-pub) 024 3 9780750968973 040 CtWfDGI|beng|erda|cCtWfDGI 050 4 D545.S7 082 04 940.427|223 100 1 Farrar-Hockley, Anthony,|d1924-2006. 245 10 Somme /|cA.H. Farrar-Hockley. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe History Press, |c[2016] 264 4 |c©2016 300 1 online resource (272 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 British battles series 506 Access limited to subscribing institutions. 520 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." 538 System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. 650 7 HISTORY / Military / World War I.|2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. 700 1 Messenger, Charles,|d1941- 776 08 |iPrint version:|aFarrar-Hockley, Anthony, 1924-2006. |tSomme|dPhiladelphia, Dufour Editions, 1964. |w(DLC)64025480 830 0 British battles series. 914 frd00011143
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