Format:
XIII, 631 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. U.S. ed.
ISBN:
9780307265852
,
0307265854
Series Statement:
A Borsoi book
Content:
Engagement -- Three armies -- The strategic labyrinth -- Planning the attritional battle -- Preparing the big push -- "Varying fortune" : 1 July 1916 -- Exploitation -- The battle of attrition : August 1916 -- Behind the lines -- The tipping point : September 1916 -- Muddy stalemate : October-December 1916 -- "Victory inclining to us" -- Remobilisation -- Decision in Picardy : 1918 -- Aftermath and memory -- Reflection -- Appendix: a note on military organisation, 1914-1918
Content:
A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as the tank and machine gun
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Engagement -- Three armies -- The strategic labyrinth -- Planning the attritional battle -- Preparing the big push -- "Varying fortune" : 1 July 1916 -- Exploitation -- The battle of attrition : August 1916 -- Behind the lines -- The tipping point : September 1916 -- Muddy stalemate : October-December 1916 -- "Victory inclining to us" -- Remobilisation -- Decision in Picardy : 1918 -- Aftermath and memory -- Reflection -- Appendix: a note on military organisation, 1914-1918.
Former:
Orig. publ. in Great Britain in different form u.d.T. Philpott, William James, 1964 - Bloody victory
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Sommeschlacht
;
Sommeschlacht
;
Historische Darstellung
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