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Malcolm Brown has produced a vivid new history of this epic clash. Drawing on original illustrations and eye-witness accounts he has captured the spirit of a battle that defines the hell of warfare on the Western Front.'
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‘Malcolm Brown is a highly respected historian of World War I... [his] book takes us through the battle in 1916 step by step.’ -- Military Illustrated
‘[a] reassessment of the Franco-German battle of attrition... is to be welcomed. Highly recommended.’ -- Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association
‘a fine account, very well illustrated and extremely moving.’ -- BBC History Magazine
‘remarkable and compelling... a revelation of the spiritual dimension of the conflict... an outstanding contribution to the literature of the First World War.’ -- Martin Matrix Evans, Osprey Military Journal
‘the most shocking battlefield on the Western Front... a haunting book which gets closer than any other to that wasteland marked by death.’ -- Richard Holmes, BBC Western Front
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1916 was a year of killing. The British remember the Somme, but earlier in the year the heart of the French army was ripped out by the Germans at Verdun. The garrison city in north-eastern France was the focus of a massive German attack; the French fought back ferociously, leading to a battle that would claim hundreds of thousands of lives and permanently scar the French psyche. To this day one can visit the site of ghost villages uninhabited since, but still cherished like shrines. Memories of Verdun would greatly influence military and political thinking for decades to come as both sides came away with memories of bravery, futility and horror. Malcolm Brown has produced a vivid new history of this epic clash; drawing on original illustrations and eyewitness accounts he has captured the spirit of a battle that defines the hell of warfare on the Western Front.
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- PublisherNPI Media Group
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0752417746
- ISBN 13 9780752417745
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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