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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Forgotten voices of the Somme Forgotten voices of the Somme Joshua Levine The definitive oral history of the most infamous and bloody conflict of the Great War1916. The Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of the First World War.It is a clas… OL13853269W
De slag van de Somme 1916 De slag van de Somme 1916 Koen Koch Beschrijving van het strijdverloop aangevuld met ooggetuigenverklaringen. OL16960178W
Three armies on the Somme Three armies on the Somme William James Philpott A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as … OL17785007W
Somme, The Somme, The Martin Gilbert Fought between July and November of 1916, the Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest conflicts of all time. In this book, Martin Gilbert graphically recreates the tragedy, interweaving individu… OL17871854W
The First of July The First of July Elizabeth Speller Follows the lives of four very different men, Frank, Benedict, Jean-Batiste, and Harry, as their fates converge on the most terrible and destructive day of World War I, the first day of the Battle of… OL17873856W
La bataille de la Somme, 1916 La bataille de la Somme, 1916 André Laurent 175 p. : 24 cm OL24073183W
Headlines of World War I Headlines of World War I SHARMAN,Patience Coster,Ken Hills In the form of newspaper headlines accompanied by short blurbs, presents important events that occurred around the world from 1910 to 1919. OL24177664W
A very unimportant officer A very unimportant officer Alexander Stewart A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is the account of an officer on the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917. Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 aged thirty-three, Ca… OL24306479W
Attack on the Somme Attack on the Somme Meleah Hampton 230 pages : 25 cm OL25740611W
Somme 1916 Somme 1916 Gerald Gliddon Gerald Gliddon's classic survey of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include the latest research and analysis. Supporte… OL609934W
The adventures of an ensign The adventures of an ensign Valentine Williams These are the wartime adventures of “Vedette”, a pseudonym of noted journalist and screenwriter G. Valentine Williams, during the First World War. Williams volunteered for service at the age of 32, a… OL6913243W
Battle of The Somme Battle of The Somme Smither 29p. : 22cm OL9303350W