The 1916 experience : Verdun and the Somme / Julian Thompson
2006, 1st edition. London : Carlton Books. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards, in a fine slip-case. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Item #398947
ISBN: 1844424502
Physical description; 66 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 x 31 cm + 1 audio disc (digital stereo ; 4 3/4 in.), removable documents, memorabilia. Notes; Includes rare removable documents, memorabilia and a sound disc featuring personal accounts from veterans of the 1916 Somme battles. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum. Includes index. Contents; Grand Strategy; Why Verdun? Operation Gericht, German Breakthrough; French Artillery; Voie Sacree; Mort Homme; Fort Vaux; The Air War over Verdun; High Tide of the German Advance; Why the Somme?; First Day on the Somme; Tunnelling; The Battle of Albert; Dawn Attack; Battle for the Woods; Falkenhayn Dismissed; Gunners; Enter the Tank; Morval; Thiepval; Airmen over the Somme; The Ancre; French Counter-Stroke at Verdun; Mangin's Three-Day Battle; The Legacy of Verdun; The Legacy of the Somme. Subjects; Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). 1916. Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916. Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. Bataille de Verdun, Verdun, France, 1916. Bataille de la Somme, France, 1916. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France. Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916. Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. France. France Verdun.
Price: €35.00