The Somme by Peter Hart


Authors
Peter Hart
ISBN
9780297847052
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
592
Dimensions
161 x 242 x 56mm

A major new history of the most infamous battle of the First World War, as described by the men who fought it.

On 1 July 1916, Douglas Haig's army launched the 'Big Push' that was supposed finally to bring an end to the stalemate on the Western Front. What happened next was a human catastrophe: scrambling over the top into the face of the German machine guns and artillery fire, almost 20,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers were killed that day alone, and twice as many wounded - the greatest loss in a single day ever sustained by the British Army.

The battle did not stop there, however. It dragged on for another 4 months, leaving the battlefield strewn with literally hundreds of thousands of bodies. The Somme has remained a byword for the futility of war ever since.

In this major new history, Peter Hart describes how the battle looked from the point of view of those who fought it. Using never-before-seen eyewitness testimonies, he shows us this epic conflict from all angles. We see what it was like to crawl across No Man's Land in the face of the German guns, what it was like for those who stayed behind in the trenches - the padres, the artillerymen, the doctors. We also see what the battle looked like from the air, as the RFC battled to keep control of the skies above the battlefield. All this is put in the context of the background to the battle, and Haig's overall strategy for the Western Front, making this the most comprehensive history of the battle since Lyn MacDonald's bestselling work over twenty years ago.
EOFY 2025 Book Frenzy
50.99
RRP: $59.99
15% off RRP


This product is unable to be ordered online. Please check in-store availability.
Instore Price: $59.99
The Somme is Out of Print

Other Titles by Peter Hart

Burning Steel
59.99
50.99
15% Off
Burning Steel
34.99
29.74
15% Off
Footsloggers
69.99
59.49
15% Off
Chain of Fire
65.00
55.25
15% Off
The Great War 19141918
32.99
28.04
15% Off

You might also like

Gallipoli
Peter FitzSimons
24.99
21.24
15% Off
Victory At VillersBretonneux
34.99
29.74
15% Off
Monashs Masterpiece
Peter FitzSimons
36.99
31.44
15% Off
Fromelles And Pozieres In The Trenches Of Hell
24.99
21.24
15% Off
WWI Illustrated Atlas
45.00
24.99
44% Off
Nation Memory Myth
39.99
33.99
15% Off
Somme Mud
22.99
19.54
15% Off
Krithia
34.99
29.74
15% Off
The Lost Boys
35.00
29.75
15% Off
Monash
36.99
31.44
15% Off
Lawrence of Arabia
28.99
24.64
15% Off
The Guns of August
22.99
19.54
15% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.