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Through German Eyes - The British and the Somme 1916 (Paperback, New ed)
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Through German Eyes - The British and the Somme 1916 (Paperback, New ed)
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List price R348
Loot Price R285
Discovery Miles 2 850
You Save R63 (18%)
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The key battle of the First World War from the German point of view
The 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.
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