Author : John Grehan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1473892694
Slaughter on the Somme
John Grehan
Slaughter On The Somme 1 July 1916
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Slaughter on the Somme 1 July 1916
Martin Mace,John Grehan
Author : Martin Mace,John Grehan
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783830411
Slaughter on the Somme 1 July 1916 by Martin Mace,John Grehan Pdf
At 07.30 hours on 1 July 1916, the devastating cacophony of the Allied artillery fell silent along the front on the Somme. The ear-splitting explosions were replaced by the shrill sound of hundreds of whistles being blown. At that moment, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches on their part of the Western Front, and began to make their way steadily towards the German lines opposite. It was the first day of the Battle of the Somme.By the end of the day, a number of the regiments involved had met with some degree of success; others had suffered heavy losses for no gain, whilst a few quite literally ceased to exist. That day, the old infantry tactics of the British Army clashed head-on with the reality of modern warfare. On what is generally accepted as the worst day in the British Armys history, there were more than 60,000 casualties a third of them fatal.In this publication, the authors have drawn together, for the first time ever, all the War Diary entries for 171 British Regiments that went over the top that day a day that even now still touches so many families both in the United Kingdom and around the world. The result will be a vital work of reference to the events of 1 July 1916, a valuable information source for not only for those interested in military history, but genealogists and historians alike.
Slaughter on the Somme
John Grehan
Author : John Grehan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : 184884770X
Slaughter on the Somme by John Grehan Pdf
The authors have drawn together, for the first time ever, all the War Diary entries for 171 British Regiments that went "over the top" on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Pals on the Somme 1916
Roni Wilkinson
Author : Roni Wilkinson
Publisher : Pen & Sword Books
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
ISBN : 1844153932
Pals on the Somme 1916 by Roni Wilkinson Pdf
Pals on the Somme covers the history of all the Pals Battalions who fought on the Somme during the First World War. The book looks at the events which led to the war and how the 'Pals' phenomenon was born. It considers the attitude and social conditions in Britain at the time. It covers the training and equipping of the Battalions, the preparations for the 'Big Push', 1st July 1916, and going over the top, and how each battalion fared, failed or succeeded. It looks at how they Battalions had to undergo a change after the 1st July, due to the heavy casualties, and the final victory in 1918, and how the battalions were eventually amalgamated. The final chapter examines how each area coped in the aftermath of losing their men in the three year slaughter. It covers the organizations and visits to the Battlefields as they are today.
The First Day on the Somme
Martin Middlebrook
Author : Martin Middlebrook
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473814240
The First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook Pdf
A history of the British Army’s experience at the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I. After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7:30 AM on July 1, 1916, the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day, the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. With more than fifty times the daily losses at El Alamein and fifteen times the British casualties on D-day, July 1, 1916, was the blackest day in the history of the British Army. But, more than that, as Lloyd George recognized, it was a watershed in the history of the First World War. The Army that attacked on that day was the volunteer Army that had answered Kitchener’s call. It had gone into action confident of a decisive victory. But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won. 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. As to the action itself, he conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality that it was for front-line soldiers. Praise for The First Day on the Somme “The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words.” —The Guardian (UK)
Somme 1916
Paul Kendall
Author : Paul Kendall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781510708747
Somme 1916 by Paul Kendall Pdf
What really happened on the first day of the Somme? Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war. General Sir Douglas Haig's policies have been the subject of considerable debate about whether the heavy losses sustained were worth the small gains that were achieved which appeared to have little strategic value. That was certainly the case on many sectors on 1 July 1916, where British soldiers were unable to cross No Man's Land and failed to reach, or penetrate into, the German trenches. In other sectors, however, breaches were made in the German lines culminating in the capture that day of Leipzig Redoubt, Mametz and Montauban. This book aims to highlight the failures and successes on that day and for the first time evaluate those factors that caused some divisions to succeed in capturing their objectives whilst others failed. An important new study, this book is certain to answer these questions as well as challenging the many myths and misconceptions surrounding the battle that have been propagated for the last 100 years. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Somme
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Author : Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674970038
Somme by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore Pdf
Rescuing from history the heroes on the front line whose bravery has been overlooked, and giving voice to their bereaved relatives at home, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the Battle of the Somme in all its glory and misery, helping us to realize that there are many meaningful ways to define a battle when seen through the eyes of those who lived it.
Pals on the Somme 1916
Roni Wilkinson
Author : Roni Wilkinson
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
ISBN : 1844157652
Pals on the Somme 1916 by Roni Wilkinson Pdf
Pals on the Somme covers the history of all the Pals Battalions who fought on the Somme during the First World War. The book looks at the events which led to the war and how the 'Pals' phenomenon was born. It considers the attitude and social conditions in Britain at the time. It covers the training and equipping of the Battalions, the preparations for the 'Big Push', 1st July 1916, and going over the top, and how each battalion fared, failed or succeeded. It looks at how they Battalions had to undergo a change after the 1st July, due to the heavy casualties, and the final victory in 1918, and how the battalions were eventually amalgamated. The final chapter examines how each area coped in the aftermath of losing their men in the three year slaughter. It covers the organizations and visits to the Battlefields as they are today.
The First Day on the Somme, 1 July 1916
Martin Middlebrook
Author : Martin Middlebrook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
ISBN : OCLC:1376119101
The First Day on the Somme, 1 July 1916 by Martin Middlebrook Pdf
The First Day on the Somme
Martin Middlebrook
Author : Martin Middlebrook
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844154654
The First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook Pdf
After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7.30 am. On 1 July 1916 the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. With more than fifty times the daily losses at El Alamein and fifteen times the British casualties on D-day, 1 July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army. But, more than that, as Lloyd George recognised, it was a watershed in the history of the First World War. The Army that attacked on that day was the volunteer Army that had answered Kitchener's call. It had gone into action confident of a decisive victory. But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won. 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. As to the action itself, he conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality that it was for front-line soldiers.
Ghosts on the Somme
Alastair H. Fraser,Andrew Robertshaw,Steve Roberts
Author : Alastair H. Fraser,Andrew Robertshaw,Steve Roberts
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844682706
Ghosts on the Somme by Alastair H. Fraser,Andrew Robertshaw,Steve Roberts Pdf
The Battle of the Somme is one of the most famous, and earliest, films of war ever made. The film records the most disastrous day in the history of the British army—1 July 1916—and it had a huge impact when it was shown in Britain during the war. Since then images from it have been repeated so often in books and documentaries that it has profoundly influenced our view of the battle and of the Great War itself. Yet this book is the first in-depth study of this historic film, and it is the first to relate it to the surviving battleground of the Somme.The authors explore the film and its history in fascinating detail. They investigate how much of it was faked and consider how much credit for it should go to Geoffrey Malins and how much to John MacDowell. And they use modern photographs of the locations to give us a telling insight into the landscape of the battle and into the way in which this pioneering film was created.Their analysis of scenes in the film tells us so much about the way the British army operated in June and July 1916—how the troops were dressed and equipped, how they were armed and how their weapons were used. In some cases it is even possible to discover what they were saying. This painstaking exercise in historical reconstruction will be compelling reading for everyone who is interested in the Great War and the Battle of the Somme.
Beneath the Killing Fields
Matthew Leonard
Author : Matthew Leonard
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473884113
Beneath the Killing Fields by Matthew Leonard Pdf
Beneath the Killing Fields of the Western Front still lies a hidden landscape of industrialised conflict virtually untouched since 1918. This subterranean world is an ambiguous environment filled with material culture that that objectifies the scope and depth of human interaction with the diverse conflict landscapes of modern war. Covering the military reasoning for taking the war underground, as well as exploring the way that human beings interacted with these extraordinary alien environments, this book provides a more all-encompassing overview of the Western Front. The underground war was intrinsic to trench warfare and involved far more than simply trying to destroy the enemys trenches from below. It also served as a home to thousands of men, protecting them from the metallic landscapes of the surface. With the aid of cutting edge fieldwork conducted by the author in these subterranean locales, this book combines military history, archaeology and anthropology together with primary data and unique imagery of British, French, German and American underground defences in order to explore the realities of subterranean warfare on the Western Front, and the effects on the human body and mind that living and fighting underground inevitably entailed.
Somme Intelligence
William Langford
Author : William Langford
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781590829
Somme Intelligence by William Langford Pdf
For the Somme offensive British Fourth Army headquarters was situated in a chateau at Querrieu on the Albert-Amiens road. In the build up months to Haig's Great Push a steady flow of intelligence was being compiled; captured German documents, intercepted messages, prisoners' letters, diaries and information gleaned from prisoner interviews were entered into foolscap-size ledgers where they could be perused by the planners.??The hand-written journal of intelligence reports upon which this work is formed was originally compiled by a former soldier of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, (Accrington Pals), Harry Platt of Burnley. In 1916 he was a sergeant working on intelligence duties at Fourth Army GHQ. He was later commissioned in the Royal Engineers. Harry also served in the Second World War in the Royal Artillery reaching the rank of Major. He was Mentioned in Despatches in both conflicts. Harry died in August 1951 aged 56.??In 2002 the handwritten journal was lodged with the Imperial War Museum at the instigation of historian William Turner, military historian and author of books on the Accrington Pals.??As the reader goes through these reports it would be helpful to keep in mind that members of the British staff at Querrieu chateau, including Generals Haig and Rawlinson, would have had their impressions coloured by the words you are reading and doubtless their optimism for a successful outcome to the Somme offensive greatly enhanced. They would have noted the effect the British bombardment was having; dominance of the Royal Flying Corps as its machines seemingly operated unmolested over the trenches; growing unrest in German cities as food shortages drove the populace to riot; and the relentless call-up to the colours of ever-younger youths as that nation's manhood bled in the great battles taking place.
Somme
Lyn Macdonald
Author : Lyn Macdonald
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141931692
Somme by Lyn Macdonald Pdf
2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme 'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks of Kitchener's Army before the Battle of the Somme...' The year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history: as the youthful hopes of a generation were crushed in a desperate struggle to survive, and traditional attitudes to authority were destroyed for ever. On paper, few battles have ever been so meticulously planned. Yet while there were good political reasons to launch a joint offensive with a French Army demoralized by huge casualties at Verdun, the raw troops on the ground knew nothing of that. A hundred and fifty thousand were killed in the punishing shellfire, the endless ordeal of attack and counter-attack; twice that number were left maimed or wounded. Here, almost for the first time, Lyn Macdonald lets the men who were there give their own testimony. Their stories are vivid, harrowing, sometimes terrifying - yet shot through with humour, immense courage and an astonishing spirit of resilience. 'What the reader will longest remember are the words - heartbroken, blunt, angry - of the men who lived through the bloodbath...a worthy addition to the literature of the Great War...'Daily Mail Over the past twenty years Lyn Macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the First World War. Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the First World War. Most are published by Penguin.
Fighting the Somme
Jack Sheldon
Author : Jack Sheldon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Somme (France)
ISBN : 1473881994
Fighting the Somme by Jack Sheldon Pdf
* A thought-provoking study of the doctrine, particularly command and control, that the German army developed in fighting the defensive battle of the Somme 1916. * Insight into the development of German army doctrine and command and control. * Uses archival evidence and contemporary accounts to illustrate how the Germans put doctrine into pract
