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Recriminations for this seemingly-pointless waste of human life have abounded ever since. Many blame the British commanders, Haig, Rawlinson and Gough - the 'donkeys' who sent wave after wave of soldiers to their futile deaths. Others claim that the battle was part of a necessary and inevitable learning curve which eventually led to the Allies winning the war. In this book, Peter Hart takes a fresh approach. By concentrating on the experiences of ordinary soldiers, he exposes the true nature of the battle as seen by those on the ground: neither a piece of clinical strategy nor a charnel house for the helpless, but a battle fought by brave and often ruthless men in an attempt to create order out of the bloody chaos of war.
Many of the oral records, diaries, letters and memoirs in this book have never previously been published. As the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, Peter Hart has had unprecedented access to material never before seen or heard. He uses this vast wealth of original research to describe the entire course of the battle, from the terrifying and momentous first day in July to the muddy, putrid wasteland of November 1916. The result is an unparalleled description of the First World War's iconic battle in its entirety.
- ISBN13 9780297847052
- ISBN10 0297847058
- Fecha de publicación 08/05/2026
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- Orion Publishing Group, Limited (2026)
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