Description: Further DetailsTitle: Through German EyesCondition: NewSubtitle: The British and the Somme 1916ISBN-10: 0753822024EAN: 9780753822029ISBN: 9780753822029Publisher: Weidenfeld & NicolsonFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/02/2008Description: The key battle of the First World War from the German point of viewThe Battle of the Somme has an enduring legacy, the image established by Alan Clark of 'lions led by donkeys': brave British soldiers sent to their deaths by incompetent generals. However, from the German point of view the battle was a disaster. Their own casualties were horrendous. The Germans did not hold the (modern) view that the British Army was useless. As Christopher Duffy reveals, they had great respect for the British forces and German reports shed a fascinating light on the volunteer army recruited by General Kitchener.The German view of the British Army has never been made public until now. Their typically diligent reports have lain undisturbed in obscure archives until unearthed by Christopher Duffy. The picture that emerges is a far cry from 'Blackadder': the Germans developed an increasing respect for the professionalism of the British Army. And the fact that every British soldier taken prisoner still believed Britain would win the war gave German intelligence teams their first indication that their Empire would go down to defeat.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 28mmItem Weight: 320gAuthor: Christopher DuffyGenre: HistoryTopic: Law & Politics, Military HistoryRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Through German Eyes
Title: Through German Eyes
Subtitle: The British and the Somme 1916
ISBN-10: 0753822024
EAN: 9780753822029
ISBN: 9780753822029
Release Date: 10/02/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Through German Eyes : the British and the Somme 1916
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, The Limited
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Europe / Germany, Military / World War I
Publication Year: 2022
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Author: Christopher Duffy
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Perfect
