Somme
- ISBN-10
- 0241952387
- ISBN-13
- 9780241952382
- Series
- Somme
- Category
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Viking
- Author
- Lyn Macdonald
Description
1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history as the youthful hopes of a generation were crushed in a desperate struggle to survive. Although on paper, the Battle of the Somme was meticulously planned, 150,000 were killed in the punishing shellfire, the endless ordeal of attack and counter-attack; and twice that number were left maimed or wounded. Here, Lyn Macdonald lets the men who were there give their own testimony.
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