The Somme / Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson.

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Main Author: Prior, Robin
Other Authors: Wilson, Trevor, 1928-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
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300 |a vi, 358 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-351) and index. 
505 0 |a The context -- 'Absolutely astonishing': the war committee and the military -- Decision-making, January-February -- Decision-making, March-June -- 'Grasping at the shadow': planning for the Somme, February-June -- 'Favourable results are not anticipated': preparations for battle, June -- 'A short life': VII and VIII corps on 1 July -- 'The enemy's fire was so intense': X corps on 1 July -- 'Wave after wave were mown down': III corps on 1 July -- 'Cowering men in field grey': VX and XIII corps on 1 July -- Reflections on 1 July -- 'Ill-considered attacks on a small front', 2-13 July -- 'Cavalry sharpening their swords', 14 July -- 'We are a bit stuck', 15-31 July -- 'Something wanting in the methods employed', 1 August-12 September -- 'A hell of a time': Posières and Mouquet farm, July-August -- Summary, 15 July-12 September -- The politicians and the Somme campaign, July-August -- One division's Somme: the first division, July-September -- 'An operation planned on bolder lines': tanks and the 15 September plan -- Lumbering tanks: the battle of 15 September -- 25 September -- 'The tragic hill of Thiepval', 26-30 September -- 'A severe trail of body and spirit': the Somme, October -- 'We must keep going!': the politicians and the Somme campaign, September-October -- The political battle: Beaumont Hamel, 13-19 November -- Reflections on the British at the Somme -- The end of it all, November 1916. 
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