The First Day on the Somme (Hardcover)

from gommecourt

Middlebrook's seminal work on the first day of the battle of the Somme. Based on his own interviews with dozens of survivors of the fighting it is informative, emotional, gripping, exhausting and an essential read to anyone interested in the Great War and the Somme. This is a classic of military ...

from ksmyth

I picked up this book at Munroe's in downtown Victoria B.C. Though on vacation, I was deathly ill at the time, and locked myself up in my room with this book for a couple of days. I found this a fascinating book with many first hand observations of that first day, across the Somme front. Perhaps ...

from Whiskey3pa

Excellent book. Well written and full of first person accounts. The courage of the troops was remarkable and the mediocrity of the leadership sad.

from Schmerguls

1157 The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916, by Martin Middlebrook (read 8 Apr 1972) This is an account of July 1, 1916, surely one of Britain's most dreadful days. 19,240 died, 35,493 were wounded, and 2,152 were missing. Really quite a well-put-together book, though it is designed for Englishm...

from Miro

A very good book about the failure of the British Imperial generals to adapt to WWI trench warfare and the enormous loss of life that this entailed.