The battle of the Somme : the heroism and horror of war / Martin Gilbert.
The battle of the Somme : the heroism and horror of war / Martin Gilbert.
By
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Gilbert, Martin, 1936-
Publication Date
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2006
Publication Information
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Toronto : M&S,
Physical Description
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332 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
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Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Summary
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Every July 1, while Canadians celebrate what they have, Newfoundlanders remember what they have lost: on 1 July 1916, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 733 of 801 men in the 1st Newfoundland Regiment were killed. From their starting position in a British support trench, the Newfoundlanders had to cross some 230 metres of fire-swept ground before they reached their own front line. In less than a half-hour, it was all over. The Divisional Commander wrote of the Newfoundland effort: "It was a magnificent display of trained and disciplined valour, and its assault failed of success because dead men can advance no further." Well might the Germans refer to the Battle of the Somme as "das Blutbad "- the bloodbath. From 1 July to 15 November 1916, a period of just 138 days, more than 310,000 soldiers from four great armies - the British, Canadian, French, and German - were killed. The German death toll on the Somme was larger than that of all the Allied forces combined. A total of 164,055 Germans died on the narrow battlefield while the total number of Allied dead was 146,404. The Somme cost Canada 24,029 casualties.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780771035470
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