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Verdun 1916: The Deadliest Battle of the First World War
William F. Buckingham
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Paperback. A gripping narrative of the most infamous Western Front battle of the war. The British remember the Somme, Russia the Brusilov Offensive, and France and Germany remember Verdun. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
Fought on the heights above the garrison town of the same name on the River Meuse, 140 miles east of Paris, the Battle of Verdun lasted for ten months, between February and December 1916, double the length of the Battle of the Somme and over three times the length of the Battle of Passchendaele. Conceived by the Germans as a means of destroying the French army through attrition rather than breakthrough and encirclement, the battle cost 300,000 lives. Massed artillery was employed on a hitherto unprecedented scale; the initial bombardment lasted for nine hours and saw 80,000 ... Read more
Fought on the heights above the garrison town of the same name on the River Meuse, 140 miles east of Paris, the Battle of Verdun lasted for ten months, between February and December 1916, double the length of the Battle of the Somme and over three times the length of the Battle of Passchendaele. Conceived by the Germans as a means of destroying the French army through attrition rather than breakthrough and encirclement, the battle cost 300,000 lives. Massed artillery was employed on a hitherto unprecedented scale; the initial bombardment lasted for nine hours and saw 80,000 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445652863
SKU
V9781445652863
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About William F. Buckingham
William F. Buckingham is a leading expert on the First and Second World Wars. He has taught history at the University of Glasgow for over a decade and currently is tutor in the Widening Access Department. He lives near Glasgow. His most recent books are Verdun 1916, and Arnhem: The Complete Story.
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