The Battle of the Somme. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Matthias Strohn ; foreword by Sir Hew Strachan.
• Editors: Strohn, Matthias, 1976-
• Other Names: Strachan, Hew writer of foreword.
• Contents: Forward / Sir Hew Strachan -- The context of the Somme / Lothar Höbelt -- Attrition or annihilation? /Oberst Dr Gerhard Groß -- French strategy in 1916 and the battle of the Somme / Georges-Henri Soutou -- Air war over the Somme / James S. Corum -- The British Army's operations on the Somme / Stuart Mitchell -- Trial and error / Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Christopher Pugsley ONZM -- French generalship on the Somme / Michael S. Neiberg -- The road to modern combined arms warfare / Oberstleutnant Dr Christian Stachelbeck -- British tactical practice during the some campaign / Bill Mitchinson -- The German Army at war / Matthias Strohn -- The long shadows of Somme / Major General (Ret.) Mungo Melvin CB OBE
• Publisher Details: Oxford, UK : Osprey Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages, 16 pages of plates), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 940.4/272; First World War; Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence; Battles & campaigns; History -- Europe -- Western; History -- Military -- World War I; History -- Modern -- 20th Century; Military history; France; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472815583; 1472815580
• Related ISBNs: 1472815564; 9781472815569
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.