Fighting the Somme: German Challenges, Dilemmas and Solutions

by Jack Sheldon

This book will provide an entirely fresh way of looking at the Battle of the Somme 1916. It will not be a rehashed narrative history of the battle. Instead, drawing heavily on examples that can be illustrated through exploitation of the primary sources still available in abundance in the archives at Stuttgart and Munich and anecdotal accounts, it will explain how and why the German defense was designed and conducted as it was. There will be descriptions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473881994
• ISBN13: 9781473881990
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"