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Somme 1916 Success and Failure on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme

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Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war. General Sir Douglas Haig's policies have been the subject of considerable debate about whether the heavy losses sustained were worth the small gains that were achieved which appeared to have little strategic value. That was certainly the case on many sectors on 1 July 1916, where British soldiers were unable to cross No Man's Land and failed to reach, or penetrate into, the German trenches. In other sectors, however, breaches were made in the German lines culminating in the capture that day of Leipzig Redoubt, Mametz and Montauban. This book aims to highlight the failures and successes on that day and for the first time evaluate those factors that caused some divisions to succeed in capturing their objectives whilst others failed.

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ISBN: 9781848329058
Publication date: 23rd November 2015
Author: Paul Kendall
Publisher: Frontline Books an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Primary Genre History

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