The Somme: Then and Now

INVENTORY #116659

The Somme: Then and Now

GILES, John

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Foreword by John Terraine. Text discusses: launch of the attack; breaking of the German second line position; debut of the tanks; Battle of Flers-Courcelette; Battle of Morval; Thiepval Falls; Battle of the Ancre; total causualties of the Somme offensive; German retreat to the Hindenburg Line; Operation Michael; Amiens 1918.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: Bailey Brothers & Swinfen
  • Edition: n/a
  • Date Published: 1977
  • Place Published: Folkestone
  • ISBN: 561002983

Details

  • Condition: Very good +
  • Signed: Yes
  • Dust Jacket: Yes
  • Jacket Condition: Good +
  • Details:
    Vol. no. 184 of 250 advance issue copies. xii, [2], 140 p. 22 x 27 cm. Over 240 b&w photos and maps. Red cloth hardcover in dustjacket. Some repaired edges to jacket. Signed by author on front pastedown.

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