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VCs of the First World War: Somme 1916 (Paperback)
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VCs of the First World War: Somme 1916 (Paperback)
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List price R319
Loot Price R263
Discovery Miles 2 630
You Save R56 (18%)
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The Battle of the Somme, which lasted from 1 July to 18 November
1916, is remembered as one of the most horrific and tragic battles
of the First World War. On the first day alone nearly 19,000
British troops were killed - the greatest one-day loss in the
history of the British Army. By November the death toll from the
armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to over a million.
This book tells the stories of fifty-one soldiers from the
Commonwealth and Empire armies whose bravery on the battlefield was
rewarded by the Victoria Cross, the highest military honour - men
like Private Billy McFadzean, who was blown up by two grenades
which he smothered in order to save the lives of his comrades, and
Private 'Todger' Jones, who single-handedly rounded up 102 German
soldiers. Not only do we learn of heroic endeavours of these men at
the height of battle, but we also read of their lives before 1914,
ranging from the backstreets of Glasgow to a country house in
Cheshire, and of what life was like after the war for the
thirty-three survivors.
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