The first history of World War I to place centre-stage the
British soldier who fought in the trenches, this superb and
important book tells the story of an epic and terrible war through
the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it.
Of the six million men who served in the British army, nearly
one million lost their lives and over two million were wounded.
This is the story of these men epitomised by the character of Sgt
Tommy Atkins and the women they left behind.
Using previously unseen letters, diaries, memoirs and poetry
from the years 1914-1918, Richard Holmes paints a moving picture of
the generation that fought and died in the mud of Flanders. He
follows men whose mental health was forever destroyed by shell
shock, women who lost husbands and brothers in the same afternoon
and those who wrote at lunchtime and died before tea.
Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, this book tells the
real story of trench warfare, the strength and fallibility of the
human spirit, the individuals behind an epic event, and their
legacy. It is an emotional and unforgettable masterpiece from one
of our most important historians."
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