The Epic Battle in the Soldiers' Own Words and Photographs
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With 150 never-before-published images of the campaign, taken by the men who fought, and new and rarely-read accounts of the fighting. The third in Van Emden's trilogy of books, following on from }Tommy's War{ and }Gallipoli{ The offensive on the Somme took place between July and November 1916 and is perhaps the most iconic battle of the Great War. It was there that Kitchener's famous 'Pals' Battalions were first sent into action en masse and it was a battlefield where many of the dreams and aspirations of a nation, hopeful of victory, were agonizingly dashed. Because o
