By the end of the day there were more than 60, British casualties - a third of them www.doorway.ru Middlebrook's now-classic account of the blackest day in the history of the British army draws on official sources from the time, and on the words of hundreds of survivors: normal men, many of them volunteers, who found themselves thrown into a. The Falklands War. Martin Middlebrook. A detailed history of the brief s conflict between the UK and Argentina, from the author of The First Day on the Somme. With the surprise Argentine /5(6). But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won. After that it was a struggle that had simply to be endured. Martin Middlebrook's research has covered not just official and regimental histories and tours of the battlefields, but interviews with hundreds of survivors, both British and German/5(68).
Editions for The First Day on the Somme: (Hardcover published in ), (Kindle Edition published in ), (Kindle Edition published in ). The First Day on the Somme (Revised Edition), Martin Middlebrook. The First Day of the Somme has become infamous as the most costly single day in British military history, and it provides the most popular mental image of the fighting on the Western Front. This is a classic account of that disastrous day, covering the formation of the army of. Martin Middlebrook's now-classic account of the blackest day in the history of the British army draws on official sources from the time, and on the words of hundreds of survivors: normal men, many of them volunteers, who found themselves thrown into a scene of unparalleled tragedy and horror. Published: 2 May ISBN:
The First Day on the Somme, Martin Middlebrook, , Penguin Books, ISBN The Great War of included many battles that have become legendary, perhaps none more so than that of Verdun. A separate effort, aimed at alleviating the pressure the French were experiencing at Verdun, became known as the Battle of the Somme, July 1, There are plenty of reviews on this venerable, but important and extremely valuable history of the horrific first day of battle on the Somme. The first hand accounts of the soldiers are the best way to present this history and Martin Middlebrook was able to draw on the memories of British and twenty Germans who fought on July 1, This is a very detailed account of the first day of the Somme offensive in In one day, the British Army suffered over 57, casualties (including 21, dead) - a 50% loss rate. Middlebrook chronicles how Kitchener's New Army was raised and trained in , with high hopes for achieving a decisive success in
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