Verdun 1916: The Deadliest Battle of the First World War
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1445652862 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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As the battle raged the combatants endured heat and thirst akin to desert conditions together with bottomless mud as bad as at Passchendaele. Conceived by the Germans as a means of destroying the French army through attrition rather than breakthrough and encirclement, the battle cost 300,000 lives. The result was almost 200 square kilometres of ground that had been blasted, ploughed and poisoned into a wasteland by explosives and gas, so much so that the post-war French authorities were unable to return it to its former agricultural use and simply left it to the elements.. Fought on the heights above the garrison town of the same name on the River Meuse, 140 miles east of Paris, the Battle of Ver
Buckingham is a leading expert on the First and Second World Wars. About the Author William F. He has taught history at the University of Glasgow for over a decade and currently is tutor in the Widening Access Department. . He lives near Glasgow
A good read for a 100th year remembrance A good read. The only drawbacks for me were, first I had hope to read more personal accounts of the battle conditions for poilu and landswehr in the battle. Second, and it may have been because I was reading with an e- reader, I would have liked maps to have been better located so that I could have followed the action a little better.. Five Stars Very descriptive and vivid depiction of a terrible battle and times of our lives.. A classic addition to the Verdun library In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun in WW1 there have been several books written recently, all of which serve to attempt to update Horne's Price of Glory. Before continuing I will say up front that The Price of Glory remains at the pinnacle of Verdun scholarship without being unseated by any of the recent issues. However two books stand alongside Horne's cl
He lives near Glasgow. He has taught history at the University of Glasgow for over a decade and currently is tutor in the Widening Access Department. William F. Buckingham is a leading expert on the First and Second World Wars.