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First Day of the Somme [electronic resource] : The Complete Account of Britain's Worst-ever Military Disaster

Macdonald, Andrew2016
It took several million bullets and roughly an hour to effectively destroy General Sir Douglas Haig's grand plans for the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916. By day's end, 19,240 British soldiers were dead, crumpled khaki bundles scattered across pasture studded with the scarlet of poppies and s...
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