The Battle of the Somme by Matthias Strohn
The terrors of the Somme have largely come to embody trench warfare on the Western Front in the modern imagination, this book looks beyond the horrendous conditions and staggering casualty rates to provide insightful research on one of the most pivotal battles of the war.Dr Matthias Strohn was educated at the Universities of Münster (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 attaché reserve. He has published widely on 20th century German and European military history.
Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. He also serves on the Strategic Advisory Panel of the Chief of the Defence Staff, on the UK Defence Academy Advisory Board, and on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. His books include the first volume of his projected three-volume work The First World War (2001), The First World War: A New History (2003), and Carl von Clausewitz's On War (2007).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781472815569 |
| ISBN 10 | 1472815564 |
| Title | The Battle of the Somme |
| Author | Matthias Strohn |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2016-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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