The First Day on the Somme - Softcover

Middlebrook, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141390719 ISBN 13: 9780141390710

Publisher: Penguin UK, 2001

Synopsis

A thorough and detailed survey of the events of the first of July 1916 including not only official records and information gleaned from regimental histories but also using first hand accounts from both German and British survivors.

About this title

From the Publisher:

On the morning of July 1, 1916, a continuous line of British soldiers climbed out of their trenches and began to walk slowly towards the German lines. Many of them believed that the enemy positions had already been destroyed in the previous artillery bombardment. By the end of the day, the British had suffered 60,000 casualties—one for every eighteen inches of the front. Eminent military historian Martin Middlebrook has drawn on official sources, local newspapers, autobiographies, novels, and poems to write this book and, above all, on the recollections of hundreds of survivors who contribute to a brilliant, horrifying, and intensely moving portrait of war on the front line.

About the Author:

Martin Middlebrook has written numerous works of military history, including the classic The First Day on the Somme (978-1-84415-465-4). He lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141390719
• ISBN 13: 9780141390710
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 365