The Somme
by A.H. Farrar-Hockley
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- ISBN 10
- 0750968125
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- 9780750968126
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The History Press, 2016. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography, index, maps, and photo plates. 280 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Originally published in 1964, this is a critically acclaimed classic history of the military engagements of the Somme, which raged from July to November, 1916. It tells of bloody battles interspersed with trench actions of dreadful intensity. In addition to the key confrontations, Farrar-Hockley provides a detailed background to the Somme planning and why it failed with dreadful casualties. In its entirety, the conflict along the Somme scarred the minds of a whole generation, becoming recorded by historians as the graveyard of the "flower of British manhood."
With a new introduction by Charles Messenger, and a touching foreword by the author's son, Dair Farrar-Hockley, this new edition of The Somme is a testament to those who gave their lives on this famous battlefield.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Originally published in 1964, this is a critically acclaimed classic history of the military engagements of the Somme, which raged from July to November, 1916. It tells of bloody battles interspersed with trench actions of dreadful intensity. In addition to the key confrontations, Farrar-Hockley provides a detailed background to the Somme planning and why it failed with dreadful casualties. In its entirety, the conflict along the Somme scarred the minds of a whole generation, becoming recorded by historians as the graveyard of the "flower of British manhood."
With a new introduction by Charles Messenger, and a touching foreword by the author's son, Dair Farrar-Hockley, this new edition of The Somme is a testament to those who gave their lives on this famous battlefield.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- Title
- The Somme
- Author
- A.H. Farrar-Hockley
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0750968125
- ISBN 13
- 9780750968126
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Somme, Military history, 1916, Battlefield, The Great War, WWI, World War I,
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