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Book reviews: Through German Eyes: the British and the Somme 1916: Waiting for the Tommies
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Through German Eyes: the British and the Somme 1916 by
Christopher Duffy Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 382pp, GBP 25
DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE BATTLE OF the Somme - exactly 90
years ago today - the British army suffered its highest-ever number
of casualties sustained on a single day. Unbelievably, one half of
the 120,000 British troops committed to the battle were killed or
wounded, a total greater than the combined British combat losses in
the Crimean, Boer and Korean conflicts.
That 1 July massacre has acquired the reputation of being the
worst day in the history of the British army and ...
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