The Somme heroism and horror in the First World War
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
H. Holt,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prelude: 'Chewing barbed wire'
- The prospect: 'To break through and win victory'
- June 1916: 'There is much in the wind'
- The first day of the battle: 'dead men can advance no further'
- The first full week of battle: 'It looked like victory'
- The last three weeks of July: 'boys of the bull dog breed'
- Fromelles: 'a bloody holocaust'
- PozieĢres: 'death grinning at you from all around"
- The battle continues: 'a little uneasy in regard to the situation'
- Criticism and commitment: 'under no circumstances must we relax our effort'
- Both sides fight on: 'This fantasy of woe'
- The continuing struggle: 'I am in God's keeping'
- The arrival of the tanks: 'We are feeling top dogs'
- The struggle intensifies: 'death and decomposition strew the ground'
- October 1916: The grand design begins
- The soldiers' sacrifice: 'what else had they been born for?
- The first two weeks of November: 'The mud of the moment'
- The final battle: 'A light from our household is gone'
- Aftermath on the Somme: November 1916 to November 1918
- Epilogue: 'We feel proud to be able to cry.'
