A History of the Great War, 1914-1918Clarendon Press, 1934 - 649 páginas |
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... Somme area was chosen as the theatre of attack . Probably the decisive inducement was simply the crude fact that the two armies could here advance shoulder to shoulder ... SOMME AREA 257 Belgium . Joffre's ' directive 256 1916 THE SOMME.
... Somme area was chosen as the theatre of attack . Probably the decisive inducement was simply the crude fact that the two armies could here advance shoulder to shoulder ... SOMME AREA 257 Belgium . Joffre's ' directive 256 1916 THE SOMME.
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... Somme was not to be compared with the mud of Ypres next year , but it was bad enough . The vast area of devastation , six miles deep , could not possibly be ' organized ' to allow any more great attacks . The battle degenerated into a ...
... Somme was not to be compared with the mud of Ypres next year , but it was bad enough . The vast area of devastation , six miles deep , could not possibly be ' organized ' to allow any more great attacks . The battle degenerated into a ...
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... Somme were absolutely irreplaceable . Prince Rupprecht , in an interesting note written before the Somme , observed that British prisoners always spoke enthusiastically of their officers as ' real gentlemen ' , even if they admitted ...
... Somme were absolutely irreplaceable . Prince Rupprecht , in an interesting note written before the Somme , observed that British prisoners always spoke enthusiastically of their officers as ' real gentlemen ' , even if they admitted ...
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ARMIES AND PLANS | 1 |
DEFEAT AND VICTORY IN THE WEST | 13 |
TANNENBERG AND LEMBERG | 39 |
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