| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Main Maps; Chapter 1: Setting the Scene; Chapter 2: Montauban and Pommiers Redoubt, 1 July 1916; Chapter 3: Mametz, 1 July 1916; Chapter 4: Fricourt, 1 July 1916; Chapter 5: La Boisselle and Ovillers, 1 July 1916; Chapter 6: The Battle in the Centre: La Boisselle, Contalmaison and Pozières; Chapter 7: The Night Attack on 14 July 1916; Chapter 8: Thiepval, 1 July 1916; Chapter 9: Mouquet Farm, Thiepval, Schwaben Redoubt and the Ancre Heights; Chapter 10: The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15 September 1916 and the Battles of Morval and Le Transloy. |
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Chapter 11: The Battle of the Ancre, 13 November 1916 and the 63rd (Royal Naval) DivisionChapter 12: Y-Ravine and Beaumont-Hamel, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 13: Hawthorn Redoubt, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 14: The Sunken Road and Beaumont-Hamel, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 15: Redan Ridge, 1 July and November 1916; Chapter 16: Serre, 1 July and 13 November 1916; Chapter 17: Concluding Remarks; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This is a guidebook with a difference. It is not a list of memorials and cemeteries. Its aim is to provide the reader with an understanding of the Battle of the Somme. There were some partial successes; there were many disastrous failures. In 17 concise chapters dealing with different areas of the battlefield and various aspects of strategy, this book explains what happened in each location and why. Each chapter is accompanied by color photographs, taken by the authors in the course of many visits to the Somme, which will illustrate, illuminate and allow the reader to understand important poin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Battle of the Somme (1st) (France : 1916) |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 -- Guidebooks.
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks.
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| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
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| Chronological Term |
1914-1918 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
Heys, Steven (Steven D.), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scotland, Thomas. Understanding the Somme 1916 : An Illuminating Battlefield Guide. Havertown : Helion & Company, ©2014 9781909384422 |
| ISBN |
9781910294901 (electronic book) |
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191029490X (electronic book) |
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9781909384422 |
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