Battles of the Somme; Author: Evans, Martin Marix; Hardback; Book

Author: Evans, Martin Marix
Hardback; Book; 20 Colour Photographs, 80 B&w Photographs, Maps
96 pages
Published: June 1996
Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 0297835874
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A POWERFUL EVOCATION OF THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME - FROM 1916 TO 1918. TO COMMEMORATE THE COURAGE AND PERSISTENCE OF SOLDIERS OF ALL NATIONS ON THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS COMMENCEMENT, THIS BOOK USES OLD PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS COMBINED WITH MODERN COLOUR PHOTOS TO TELL THE STORY IN HUMAN TERMS.The Somme has become synonymous with the blackest day in British military history, when more men died than on any other day. To commemorate the courage of soldiers of all nations, this book uses old photographs and maps, combined with modern photographs, to tell the story in human terms.