Verdun 1916

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The aim of the battle of Verdun, in which 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles, was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death. Presenting a study of the battle, this title shows Verdun as a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it and the world that gave them the opportunity.

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Full title :Verdun 1916 / Alistair Horne.

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Publication Date:2007.
Edition:New ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books Ltd
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:400 pages : : black and white, graphs, photograph, reference ; : 20 x 13 x 2 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780140170412, 0140170413
oclc:ocn851796439
Dewey Decimal:940.427

La debacle -- joffre of the marne -- Falkenhayn -- operation Gericht -- the waiting machine -- the first day -- the fall of Colonel Driant -- breakthrough -- Fort Douaumont -- De Castelnau decides -- petain -- the take-over -- reappraisals -- the Mort Homme -- widening horizons -- in another country -- the air battle -- the crown prince -- the triumvirate -- "May Cup" -- Fort Vaux -- danger signals -- the secret enemies -- the crisis -- Falkenhayn dismissed -- the counterstrokes -- the new leader -- aftermath.

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