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Somme : the heroism and horror of war / Martin Gilbert.
By: Gilbert, Martin [author.]
.Publisher: London : John Murray, 2007Description: xix, 332 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780719568909.Subject(s): Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916DDC classification: 940.4272 Summary: Fought between July and November of 1916, the Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest conflicts of all time. In this book, Martin Gilbert graphically recreates the tragedy, interweaving individual stories, wartime documents, letters and poetry in a moving and succinct narrative.
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| 940.426 DEF Defeat at Gallipoli : | 940.426 HAR Gallipoli / | 940.426 LOR Lord Kitchener and Winston Churchill : the Dardanelles Commission Part I, 1914-15. | 940.4272 GIL Somme : | 940.4272 HAR The Somme / | 940.4272 HOR The price of glory : | 940.4272 OUS The road to Verdun : |
Originally published: 2006 by John Murray (Publishers).
Fought between July and November of 1916, the Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest conflicts of all time. In this book, Martin Gilbert graphically recreates the tragedy, interweaving individual stories, wartime documents, letters and poetry in a moving and succinct narrative.