from mabith

A personal history of the Somme offensive, told by many men and many ranks, with different jobs, different battles, and different end view-points. Levine divides the book into sections, and gives brief commentary at the beginning of each, especially about the different battles and more of an over...

from Chicalicious

This is a fascinating and throughly captivating book about the Battle of the Somme from the men who witnessed and fought it. The stories some of these men had to tell were interesting to say the least - not all of them were doom and gloom. There was a lot of camaraderie and trust. I learnt a lot ...

from mabith

A personal history of the Somme offensive, told by many men and many ranks, with different jobs, different battles, and different end view-points. Levine divides the book into sections, and gives brief commentary at the beginning of each, especially about the different battles and more of an over...

from Chicalicious

This is a fascinating and throughly captivating book about the Battle of the Somme from the men who witnessed and fought it. The stories some of these men had to tell were interesting to say the least - not all of them were doom and gloom. There was a lot of camaraderie and trust. I learnt a lot ...