Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor Sir Hew Strachan / The Context of the Somme/ Attrition or Annihilation?/ French Strategy in 1916 and the Battle of the Somme/ Air War over the Somme/ The British Army’s Operations on the Somme/ Trial and Error: the Dominion forces/ French Generalship on the Somme/ The Road to Modern Combined Arms Warfare/ British Tactical Practice During the Somme Campaign/ The German Army at War/ The Evolution of French Tactics 1914–16/ The Long Shadows of the Somme

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The battle of the Somme is the most famous battle of World War I in the English-speaking world. This wide-ranging collection of articles sheds new light on this famous story, examining it from all angles.

About the Author

Dr Matthias Strohn was educated at the Universities of Munster (Germany) and Oxford. He has lectured at Oxford University and the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham. Since 2006 he has been a lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and in 2011 he was also made a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham. He holds a commission in the German Army and is currently a member of the military attache reserve. He has published widely on 20th century German and European military history.

Reviews

The Battle of the Somme is a must-read book for anyone interested in military history...(Strohn) has assembled an international team of A-list military history scholars as contributors. The result is an objective and compelling analysis from all angles. - MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History What makes this [book] stand out is the rigorous scholarship of the authors, who obviously care about their material. - Military Heritage

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