num_pages: 64
description: Chronicles the British and French offensive against entrenched German lines in 1916, with analysis of the objectives and planning for the battle, the slaughter of the frontal assault, and the war's trench-based attrition.
language: English
title: The Battle of the Somme
titlecomplete: The Battle of the Somme (The World Wars)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Heinemann/Raintree