The Somme: Death of a Generation - Couverture souple

Harris, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1800328559 ISBN 13 : 9781800328556

Editeur : Canelo, 2022

Synopsis

The bloodiest battle in the history of the British Army.

In 1916 the Great War seemed caught in a stalemate. The British were determined to break it with a huge summer push. By the time the campaign wound down in November, it proved to be the most destructive ever encounter for the Army, seeing thousands of casualties for every day of the conflict. It wasn't meant to have been like this: the British had a massive artillery superiority, and were primed to crush their enemy. In the end, despite fierce fighting, the Germans lost far fewer men.

The Somme has come to be an emblem for the horrors of war, for the pounding of shells and the hunkering down in rain-sodden trenches. What happened? How did it go so wrong for the British? Here in sharp detail, the bestselling writer John Harris tells the story of one the key battles of world history, describing in gripping terms how a series of events soon spiralled wildly, and hopelessly, out of control.

This is an unforgettable history of assault and bitter defence that takes the reader into the ferocious heart of a conflict whose scars remain today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Harris was educated at Rotherham Grammar School and first worked as a reporter on the Sheffield Telegraph. He later joined the Merchant Navy but at the outbreak of the Second World War enlisted in the RAF, serving in Africa and from 1941-45 in air/sea rescue launches. He wrote many bestselling books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canelo
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1800328559
• ISBN 13: 9781800328556
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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