The Battle of the Somme Through German Eyes
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-3262-7 (ISBN)
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Everyone is familiar with the story of the Battle of the Somme: on the morning of Saturday 1 July 1916 the finest army that Great Britain ever produced climbed out of their trenches and jauntily walked towards the German lines. In a few terrible, blood-soaked minutes they were mown down in their tens of thousands by merciless German machine-gun fire – the flower of an entire generation lost, lions led by donkeys. The Somme was the worst defeat Britain ever suffered, a tragic lesson in history – but is this true? If it was then why did one German staff officer of the time write: “The Somme was the muddy grave of the German field army.”
In truth the battle of the Somme didn’t end on that fateful Saturday, it continued on for over four months as the astounding German victory of 1 July gradually evolved into a shattering defeat that would alter German strategy for the rest of the war. it would see the core of their army in the West gradually ground into the mud. The mass of histories on the battle have focused on the British experience and especially on the tragedy of 1 July, but the German side has been largely forgotten. This is the story of the German soldiers who manned those deadly machine-guns on 1 July and who were then forced to fight a losing battle until its remorseless end.
Jonathan has an honours degree in History and served in the British Army, completing operational tours in Northern Ireland and Bosnia, and latterly acting as a military instructor to friendly governments in the Arabian Gulf. He has written extensively, although not exclusively, on the Second World War, specialising in the fighting on the Eastern Front, and non-Germans who served in the Waffen-SS. A regular expert contributor to all aspects of media, including TV and a range of magazines including History of War, All About History and The Armourer. He also often features on radio; BBC Radio 4, Talk Radio, Newstalk, and in a large number of podcasts, such as ww2podcast.com, History Hack and History Hit. His previous books include 'Death on the Don: The Destruction of Germany’s Allies on the Eastern Front' and the best-selling 'D-Day Through German Eyes'.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.2.2027 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 16 Plates, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Chalford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3981-3262-4 / 1398132624 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3981-3262-7 / 9781398132627 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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