Somme: into the breach
The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign...victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of accounting leaves no room to record the nuances and twists of actual conflict. In Somme: Into the Breach, the noted military historian Hugh Sebag-M...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign...victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of accounting leaves no room to record the nuances and twists of actual conflict. In Somme: Into the Breach, the noted military historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore shows that by turning our focus to stories of the front line...to acts of heroism and moments of both terror and triumph...we can counter, and even change, familiar narratives. Planned as a decisive strike but fought as a bloody battle of attrition, the Battle of the Somme claimed over a million dead or wounded in months of fighting that have long epitomized the tragedy and folly of World War I. Yet by focusing on the first-hand experiences and personal stories of both Allied and enemy soldiers, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore defies the customary framing of incompetent generals and senseless slaughter. In its place, eyewitness accounts relive scenes of extraordinary courage and sacrifice, as soldiers ordered "over the top" ventured into No Man's Land and enemy trenches, where they met a hail of machine-gun fire, thickets of barbed wire, and exploding shells. Rescuing from history the many forgotten heroes whose bravery has been overlooked, and giving voice to their bereaved relatives at home, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the Somme campaign in all its glory as well as its misery, helping us to realize that there are many meaningful ways to define a battle when seen through the eyes of those who lived it.... |
| Beschreibung: | "Original English language edition first published by Penguin Books Ltd, London."...Title page verso. - Includes bibliographical references (pages [581]-586) and index |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Maps xi
Maps xiii
Note to the Reader xlvii
i Great Expectations 1
2 Paradise Lost 8
3 A Gentleman’s Agreement 24
4 The Build-Up 38
5 Fatal Flaw 53
6 The First Blows 66
7 False Dawn 7i
8 Hunter-Bunter’s Folly 92
9 Rattling the Cage 107
io Neither Fish Nor Fowl 118
n Achilles Heel 132
12 An Opportunity Missed 149
13 Of Moles and Men 165
14 Land of Hope and Glory 177
15 Bulls Eye 196
16 The Attack 209
17 Repercussions 222
18 Can’t See the Wood for the Trees 231
19 Big Bang 244
20 Surrounded 254
21 Repulsed 272
22 A Terrible Mistake 278
23 Sacrifice of the Australians 292
24 The Charge 312
25 An Eye for an Eye 33i
26 The Check 345
VI
Contents
27 On Parole 361
28 Second Time Lucky 369
29 Counter-Attack 380
30 The Back Door 389
31 Butchers 402
32 The Human Factor 410
33 Shell-Shocked 422
34 Last Throw of the Dice 437
35 Bloodlust 445
36 The Caterpillars 464
37 Hard Times 475
38 Ambushed 489
39 Weather Permitting 499
Notes 5i9
Select Bibliography 581
Acknowledgements 587
Index 593
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