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24 Hours at the Somme (Paperback)
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24 Hours at the Somme (Paperback)
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List price R465
Loot Price R378
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The first day of the Somme has had more of a widespread emotional
impact on the psyche of the British public than any other battle in
history. Now, 100 years later, Robert Kershaw attempts to
understand the carnage, using the voices of the British and German
soldiers who lived through that awful day. In the early hours of 1
July 1916, the British General staff placed its faith in patriotism
and guts, believing that one 'Big Push' would bring on the end of
the Great War. By sunset, there were 57,470 men - more than half
the size of the present-day British Army - who lay dead, missing or
wounded. On that day hope died. Juxtaposing the British trench view
against that from the German parapet, Kershaw draws on eyewitness
accounts, memories and letters to expose the true horror of that
day. Amongst the mud, gore and stench of death, there are also
stories of humanity and resilience, of all-embracing comradeship
and gritty patriotic British spirit. However it was this very
emotion which ultimately caused thousands of young men to sacrifice
themselves on the Somme.
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