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Author | : Tonie Holt |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 683 |
Release | : 2016-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 147386674X |
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The 100th Anniversary of the most publically aware battle of WW1 - the battle of the Somme, will be on 1 July 2016 and every media form will be covering it from January onwards. The book has taken 20 years to mature from its first edition to this new 'Definitive' edition, the Seventh, each time being updated and expanded. It is a legacy that should be on every bookshelf.The book is based upon over 30 years of traveling and writing about battlefields by two people - Major and Mrs Holt - who are credited with having started the modern era of battlefield tours - and were awarded the Somme Centenary Medal for their work in 'opening the doors to the battlefields' with their books.This Guide Book is MORE than a guide book - Sir Martin Gilbert said, ' the Holts have raised the Guide Book to a new high level,' and ' the golden thread that runs through it (the previous Somme Guide) - is the focus that the Holts give to the stories of individuals'. It will therefore appeal both to General and to Specialist readers whether they travel to the battlefields or not.This is not merely a guide book, nor a history book, but it is brimming with human interest stories of veterans' experiences, tales of bravery, comradeship, natural terror, literary illusions to poets who experienced the battles (such a Owen & Sassoon, Seeger and Sorley) ...If you buy just one book about the Battle of the Somme, this is the one that you should have, written by those who know the area and the battlefield better even than the French themselves, and who tell its story from both humanistic and military standpoints
Author | : Michael T. Tracy |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2016-07-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781535067621 |
Download In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing was unveiled on 1 August 1932 and the pilgrimage to the Somme battlefields of France would be different this time. Generations to come would remember the Somme and would make much of this memorial to the dead. But on this day, and in this crowd, all minds were focused on but a single thought; of that name, that face, that voice which had once been dear to them and now was lost forever. This is just one commemoration of the life of Private David John Campbell Ireland of the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders who fell here at the Somme on 31 October 1916.
Author | : Jeremy Deller |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Participatory theater |
ISBN | : 9780995454620 |
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One year ago, 'We're here because we're here' left a lasting impression on millions of people in the UK. A new book about the event is being released that records that remarkable day and details how it was produced by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, the National Theatre's Director, Rufus Norris and 14-18 NOW - the UK's arts programme for the First World War centenary. It was an event that reached 30 million people and humanised the great loss of life at the Battle of the Somme. 'We're here because we're here' saw some 1500 voluntary participants dressed in First World War uniform appear unexpectedly in locations across the UK. The project broke new ground in terms of its scale, breadth, reach and the number of partners and participants involved. The book includes over 100 colour photographs which show the soldiers in a number of everyday scenarios, and some more extraordinary - including waiting in train stations, engaging with drivers at a Salisbury roundabout and walking up Mount Snowdon. Many of the images show the public's interaction with the soldiers and their subsequent reactions to the event which left many people overwhelmed. The book includes sketches and notes from Jeremy Deller's notebook and a map of locations. The book also features an interview between Jeremy Deller and Jon Snow of Channel 4 News and more details about how the event was created and implemented on such a huge scale. 'We're here because we're here' was one of the largest arts participation projects ever staged in the UK, with hundreds of additional volunteers working behind the scenes. Jeremy Deller's new book acts as a superb record of this remarkable event.
Author | : Nigel Cave |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2016-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473898897 |
Download Somme: Great War 100 Years Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This publication, SOMME THE BATTLE 100 YEARS ON, has been published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd, with the purpose of creating an awareness and an interest in theSomme battles of 1916. For nearly thirty years, Pen & Sword Books Ltd has published numerous titles covering various Pals battalions formed for the Big Push. They have also been fore-runners in setting up the Battleground Series guides, which are packed with then and now illustrations, using battle maps from the time and road maps of the sites today. They are all specifically designed to take the tourer safely through these now historic sites. Many more books have been written and published by Pen & Sword on the other battles of the First World War. Only a small portion relating to 1 July 1916 has been taken from each book appearing in this publication. Much more information can been gleaned from reading about the events of the Somme battles and the awful aftermath of the day through reading the books mentioned at the end of each extract.These publications would not have been possible without the skill and dedication of our authors who have painstakingly researched and written about the subjects that bring to light these historic events.
Author | : Martin Middlebrook |
Publisher | : Pen & Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781473877160 |
Download The First Day on the Somme Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
* Revised edition with a new introduction published to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the Somme * One of the great classic books to emerge on the Great War. * The First Day on the Somme covers in depth the most tragic and significant 24 hours of British military history. * Martin Middlebrook has an unparalleled reputation as a militar
Author | : Gary Sheffield |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2015-10-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1474603092 |
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On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous seven-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme. Over the next four and half months they continued to attack, with little or no gain, and with horrendous losses to both sides. This book, written by the world's foremost expert in the subject, describes in chilling detail everything from the grand strategy to the experience of the men on the ground. Illustrated throughout, it is a stunning and absorbing depiction of the horror that was the Somme in 1916.
Author | : Hugh Sebag-Montefiore |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2016-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674970039 |
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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.
Author | : John Masefield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781473866737 |
Download Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide Somme: 100th Anniversary: 7th Revised, Expanded GPS Edition Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Lyn MacDonald |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1993-06-24 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0140178678 |
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