'The Somme': stories of valor in World War I's most horrific battle.(Book review)

From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) | Date: July 12, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: John P. Rossi

``The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War'' by Martin Gilbert; Henry Holt ($27.50)

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On July 1, 1916, the cream of the British army went over the top on a 14-mile front along the Somme River in northern France.

The objective was twofold: to take pressure off the French who were besieged at Verdun, and to rupture the German front, leading to a British breakthrough. The first objective was secured; the second remained beyond the British reach.

The Battle of the Somme was the largest military action undertaken in British ...

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