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02549aam a22004574a 4500 001 8C82DDB4DC0F11DFA4CC047E6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 100209r20102009nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010004070 020 $a 0307265854 020 $a 9780307265852 035 $a (OCoLC)436030168 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d C#P $d LIV $d OJ4 $d BWX $d LG@ $d SILO 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-uk--- $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a D545.S7 $b P495 2010 082 00 $a 940.4/272 $2 22 100 1 $a Philpott, William James. 240 10 $a Bloody victory 245 1 $a Three armies on the Somme : $b the first battle of the twentieth century / $c William Philpott. 250 $a 1st U.S. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c [2010], c2009. 300 $a xiii, 631 p., [24] p. of plates : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a "Originally published in Great Britain in different form as Bloody victory : the sacrifice on the Somme and the making of the twentieth century : the battle, the myth, the legacy by Little, Brown ... in London, in 2009"--T.p. verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Engagement -- Three armies -- The strategic labyrinth -- Planning the attritional battle -- Preparing the big push -- "Varying fortune" : 1 July 1916 -- Exploitation -- The battle of attrition : August 1916 -- Behind the lines -- The tipping point : September 1916 -- Muddy stalemate : October-December 1916 -- "Victory inclining to us" -- Remobilisation -- Decision in Picardy : 1918 -- Aftermath and memory -- Reflection -- Appendix: a note on military organisation, 1914-1918. 520 $a A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as the tank and machine gun. 650 0 $a Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Army $x History $y World War, 1914-1918. 610 10 $a France. $b ArmeÌe $x History $y World War, 1914-1918. 610 10 $a Germany. $b Heer $x History $y World War, 1914-1918. 941 $a 7 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331012332.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323023445.0 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20191119044251.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717021339.0 952 $l AGPE046 $d 20150221021940.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20111119012214.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512011902.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8C82DDB4DC0F11DFA4CC047E6AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b LG@Initiate Another SILO Locator Search