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The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916
Martin Middlebrook
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Description for The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916
Paperback. 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 dug-in German troops armed with machine-guns and defended by thick barbed wire. This is an account of the blackest day in the history of the British army. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
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 men beginning to twirl round and fall in all kinds of curious ways' On 1 July 1916, a continous line of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches of the Somme into No Man's Land and began ... Read more
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 men beginning to twirl round and fall in all kinds of curious ways' On 1 July 1916, a continous line of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches of the Somme into No Man's Land and began ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141981604
SKU
V9780141981604
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-98
About Martin Middlebrook
Martin Middlebrook is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of many important books on military history including The Kaiser's Battle and The Falklands War 1982.
Reviews for The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916
Pioneering and hauntingly eloquent
Peter Parker
Spectator
A particularly vivid and personal narrative
Times Literary Supplement
The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words
Guardian
Peter Parker
Spectator
A particularly vivid and personal narrative
Times Literary Supplement
The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words
Guardian