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  1. Somme 1916: Success and Failure on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme

    ISBN: 9781510708624 - UTGIVEN: 2016-06

    What really happened on the first day of the Somme?
    Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war. General Sir Douglas Haig's policies have been the subject of considerable debate about whether the heavy losses sustain[...]

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    från 234.00 kr
  2. Forgotten Voices of the Somme (Storpocket)

    ISBN: 9780091926281 - UTGIVEN: 2009-10

    1916. The Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of World War I. It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later, remains seared into the national consciousness, conjuring up images of muddy trenches and young lives tragically wasted. Its first day, July 1st 1916 - on [...]

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    från 89.00 kr
  3. The First Day on the Somme (Storpocket)

    av

    Martin Middlebrook

    ISBN: 9780140171341 - UTGIVEN: 1992-05

    Martin Middlebrook's "The First Day on the Somme" is a compelling and intensely moving account of the blackest day in the history of the British army. On 1 July, 1916, a continuous line of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches of the Somme into No Man's Land and began to walk slowly towards[...]

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    från 125.00 kr
  4. Somme

    ISBN: 9780141043326 - UTGIVEN: 2017-11

    No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front during World War I than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image - but this critically-acclaimed bestseller, on the four months of [...]

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    från 152.00 kr
  5. The First Day on the Somme (häftad)

    ISBN: 9780141981604 - UTGIVEN: 2016-03

    The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words - Guardian 'For some reason nothing seemed to happen to us at first; we strolled along as though walking in a park. Then, suddenly, we were in the midst of a storm of machine-gun bullets and I saw [...]

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    från 107.00 kr
  6. Somme (Häftad)

    av

    Lyn Macdonald

    ISBN: 9780241952382 - UTGIVEN: 2013-09

    'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks of Kitchener's Army before the Battle of the Somme...' The year 1916 was one of the gre[...]

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    från 150.00 kr
  7. The Somme

    ISBN: 9780300220285 - UTGIVEN: 2016-04

    Published in a new edition on the centenary of the seismic battle, this book provides the definitive account of the Somme and assigns responsibility to military and political leaders for its catastrophic outcome. "A magisterial piece of scholarship...It is a model of historical research and should d[...]

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    från 157.00 kr
  8. The Somme

    ISBN: 9780304366491 - UTGIVEN: 2004-04

    On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous 7-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme. Over the next four and half months they continued to attack, with little or no gain, and with horrendous losses to both sides. This book, written by[...]

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    från 132.00 kr
  9. The Somme (Pocket)

    av

    Peter Hart

    ISBN: 9780304367351 - UTGIVEN: 2007-05

    On 1 July 1916, Douglas Haig's army launched the 'Big Push' that was supposed finally to bring an end to the stalemate on the Western Front. What happened next was a human catastrophe: scrambling over the top into the face of the German machine guns and artillery fire, almost 20,000 British and Comm[...]

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    från 129.00 kr
  10. Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century (Häftad)

    av

    William Philpott

    ISBN: 9780307278371 - UTGIVEN: 201111

    For decades, the Battle of the Somme has exemplified the horrors and futility of trench warfare. Here William Philpott argues that the battle ultimately gave the British and French forces on the Western Front the knowledge and experience to bring World War I to a victorious end. Philpott shows that [...]

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    från 157.00 kr
  11. The Missing of the Somme (Häftad)

    av

    Geoff Dyer

    ISBN: 9780307742971 - UTGIVEN: 2011-08

    Geoff Dyer's classic "The Missing of the Somme" is part travelogue, part meditation on remembrance--and completely, unabashedly, unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, he examines the way that photographs and film, poetry and prose determined--[...]

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    från 199.00 kr
  12. Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

    ISBN: 9780571146116 - UTGIVEN: 1986-07

    'This powerful and subtle play ...follows the experience of eight men who volunteer to serve in the 36th (Ulster) Division at the beginning of the First World War. It reaches a climax at the start of the terrible battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, the actual anniversary of the battle of the Boyne [...]

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    från 93.00 kr
  13. The Somme Stations (Häftad)

    av

    Andrew Martin

    ISBN: 9780571249640 - UTGIVEN: 201202

    On the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole, smoking cigarette after cigarette under the bullets and the blazing sun. He calculates his chances of survival - even before they departed for France, a member of Jim's unit had been found dead. During the s[...]

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    från 110.00 kr
  14. Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

    ISBN: 9780571300969 - UTGIVEN: 2015-06

    'This powerful and subtle play . . . follows the experience of eight men who volunteer to serve in the 36th (Ulster) Division at the beginning of the First World War. It reaches a climax at the start of the terrible battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, the actual anniversary of the battle of the Boy[...]

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    från 129.00 kr
  15. Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

    ISBN: 9780571333257 - UTGIVEN: 2016-05

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    från 125.00 kr
  16. Somme

    ISBN: 9780670918386 - UTGIVEN: 2016-06

    No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the centennial year. Despite this, this book show[...]

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    från 263.00 kr
  17. Somme - into the breach

    ISBN: 9780670918393 - UTGIVEN: 2016-06

    No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the centennial year. Despite this, this book show[...]

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    från 180.00 kr
  18. Battle Story: Somme 1916 (Häftad)

    av

    Andrew Robertshaw

    ISBN: 9780750955652 - UTGIVEN: 2014-06

    One of the bloodiest conflicts in military history, the Battle of the Somme raged from 1 July to 18 November 1916. It has come to signify for many the waste and bloodshed of the First World War as hundreds of thousands of men on all sides lost their lives fighting over small gains in land. If you wa[...]

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    från 111.00 kr
  19. Battle Story: Somme 1916

    ISBN: 9780750957342 - UTGIVEN: 2014-06

    The Battle of the Somme raged from 1 July to 18 November 1916 and was one of the bloodiest fought in military history. It has come to signify for many the waste and bloodshed of the First World War as hundreds of thousands of men on all sides lost their lives fighting over small gains in land. Yet, [...]

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    från 61.00 kr
  20. 24 Hours at the Somme

    ISBN: 9780753555477 - UTGIVEN: 2016-06

    The first day of the Somme has had more of a widespread emotional impact on the psyche of the British public than any other battle in history. The author attempts to understand the carnage, using the voices of the British and German soldiers who lived through that awful day.[...]

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    från 204.00 kr
  21. 24 Hours at the Somme

    ISBN: 9780753555484 - UTGIVEN: 2017-04

    The first day of the Somme has had more of a widespread emotional impact on the psyche of the British public than any other battle in history. Now, 100 years later, Robert Kershaw attempts to understand the carnage, using the voices of the British and German soldiers who lived through that awful day[...]

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    från 171.00 kr
  22. The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War (häftad)

    ISBN: 9780805083019 - UTGIVEN: 2007-05

    "Gilbert has unearthed fascinating details of the campaign . . . An unforgettable read." "The Philadelphia Inquirer"At 7:30 a.m. on July 1, 1916, the first Allied soldiers climbed out of their trenches along the Somme River in France and charged into no-man's-land, toward the barbed wire and machine[...]

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    från 236.00 kr
  23. Somme

    ISBN: 9780850523980 - UTGIVEN: 1994-11

    Designed to act as a diversion to the 'big push', Gommecourt was an attempt to force the Germans to commit their reserves to the front line before the main battle took place. This Battlefield Guide tells the reader what happened and relates it to the ground as it now stands today.[...]

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    från 138.00 kr
  24. Major & Mrs. Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme (Pocket)

    av

    Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt, Tonie Holt

    ISBN: 9780850524147 - UTGIVEN: 1996-08

    Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme is, without doubt, one of the bestselling guide books to the battlefields of the Somme. This latest up-dated edition, includes four recommended, timed itineraries representing one day's travelling. Every stop on route has an accompanying descriptio[...]

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    från 187.00 kr