Somme 1916: A Battlefield Companion - Softcover

Gliddon, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752453351 ISBN 13: 9780752453354

Publisher: The History Press, 2010

Synopsis

Gerald Gliddon's classic survey of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include the latest research and analysis. Supported by a wide selection of archive photographs and drawing on the testimony of those who took part, this new edition covers both the famous battle sites, such as High Wood and Mametz Wood and lesser known villages on the outlying flanks. It includes a day-by-day account of the British build-up on the Somme and the ensuing struggle, British and German orders of battle and a full history of the cemeteries and memorials, both "lost" and current, that sprang up in the years following the First World War. The author also provides thumbnail biographies of all the senior officers to fall, as well as the winners of the Victoria Cross and those who were "shot at dawn." Somme 1916 is essential reading for anyone interested in the First World War

About this title

About the Author:

Gerald Gliddon is the author of The Final Days 1918, VCs Handbook: The Western Front 1914-1918, and VCs of 1914.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0752453351
• ISBN 13: 9780752453354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560