The Somme
Subtitle: heroism and horror in the First World War
By: Martin Gilbert
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780805081275
Subjects: Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: xi; title: List of Maps
pagenum: xiii; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xv; title: Preface
pagenum: xvii; title: Prelude: 'Chewing barbed wire'
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: The prospect: 'To break through and win victory'
pagenum: 2; label: 2
title: June 1916: 'There is much in the wind'
pagenum: 31; label: 3
title: The first day of the battle: 'Dead men can advance no further'
pagenum: 50; label: 4
title: The first full week of battle: 'It looked like victory'
pagenum: 91; label: 5
title: The last three weeks of July: 'Boys of the Bull Dog Breed'
pagenum: 105; label: 6
title: Fromelles: 'A bloody holocaust'
pagenum: 121; label: 7
title: Pozières: 'Death grinning at you from all around'
pagenum: 125; label: 8
title: The battle continues: 'A little uneasy in regard to the situation'
pagenum: 134; label: 9
title: Criticism and commitment: 'Under no circumstances must we relax our effort'
pagenum: 142; label: 10
title: Both sides fight on: 'This fantasy of woe'
pagenum: 157; label: 11
title: The continuing struggle: 'I am in God's keeping'
pagenum: 172; label: 12
title: The arrival of the tanks: 'We are feeling top dogs'
pagenum: 183; label: 13
title: The struggle intensifies: 'Death and decomposition strew the ground'
pagenum: 192; label: 14
title: October 1916: The Grand Design begins
pagenum: 205; label: 15
title: The soldiers' sacrifice: 'What else had they been born for?'
pagenum: 214; label: 16
title: The first two weeks of November: 'The mud of the moment'
pagenum: 225; label: 17
title: The final battle: 'A light from our household is gone'
pagenum: 231; label: 18
title: Aftermath on the Somme: November 1916 to November 1918
pagenum: 243; title: Epilogue: 'We feel proud to be able to cry'
pagenum: 258; title: Maps
pagenum: 271; title: Appendix: Approximate size of army formations
pagenum: 305; title: Bibliography of Works Consulted
pagenum: 307; title: Index
pagenum: 315