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Author:

Philpott, William James.

Title:

Three armies on the Somme : the first battle of the twentieth century / William Philpott.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2010, c2009

Description:

xiii, 631 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
Great Britain.--Army--History--World War, 1914-1918.
France.--Armée--History--World War, 1914-1918.
Germany.--Heer--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Other Titles:

Bloody victory

Notes:

"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. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0307265854
9780307265852

OCLC:

(OCoLC)436030168

LCCN:

2010004070

Locations:

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)