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Somme: Into the Breach

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
4.9/5 (34611 ratings)
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Description:The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of accounting leaves no room to record the nuances and twists of actual conflict. In "Somme: Into the Breach, "the noted military historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore shows that by turning our focus to stories of the front line to acts of heroism and moments of both terror and triumph we can counter, and even change, familiar narratives.Planned as a decisive strike but fought as a bloody battle of attrition, the Battle of the Somme claimed over a million dead or wounded in months of fighting that have long epitomized the tragedy and folly of World War I. Yet by focusing on the first-hand experiences and personal stories of both Allied and enemy soldiers, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore defies the customary framing of incompetent generals and senseless slaughter. In its place, eyewitness accounts relive scenes of extraordinary courage and sacrifice, as soldiers ordered over the top ventured into No Man s Land and enemy trenches, where they met a hail of machine-gun fire, thickets of barbed wire, and exploding shells.Rescuing from history the many forgotten heroes whose bravery has been overlooked, and giving voice to their bereaved relatives at home, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the Somme campaign in all its glory as well as its 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Somme: Into the Breach. To get started finding Somme: Into the Breach, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
607
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
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Release
2016
ISBN
0674545192

Somme: Into the Breach

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of accounting leaves no room to record the nuances and twists of actual conflict. In "Somme: Into the Breach, "the noted military historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore shows that by turning our focus to stories of the front line to acts of heroism and moments of both terror and triumph we can counter, and even change, familiar narratives.Planned as a decisive strike but fought as a bloody battle of attrition, the Battle of the Somme claimed over a million dead or wounded in months of fighting that have long epitomized the tragedy and folly of World War I. Yet by focusing on the first-hand experiences and personal stories of both Allied and enemy soldiers, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore defies the customary framing of incompetent generals and senseless slaughter. In its place, eyewitness accounts relive scenes of extraordinary courage and sacrifice, as soldiers ordered over the top ventured into No Man s Land and enemy trenches, where they met a hail of machine-gun fire, thickets of barbed wire, and exploding shells.Rescuing from history the many forgotten heroes whose bravery has been overlooked, and giving voice to their bereaved relatives at home, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the Somme campaign in all its glory as well as its 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Somme: Into the Breach. To get started finding Somme: Into the Breach, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
607
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2016
ISBN
0674545192

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