The First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook

The First Day on the Somme

Martin Middlebrook

365 pages first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction history informative fast-paced

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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 casualtie...

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