The Attrition: The Great War on the Western Front - 1916

by Robin Neillands

Book Overview

At the start of 1916 the Western Front Franco-British armies were hopeful...new technology - tanks and aircraft - was about to appear and they were about to mount co-ordinated offenses. Unfortunately the Germans struck first, at Verdun. Up to then the fighting had cost some two million lives...by the end of 1916 it had risen to four million - with negligible territorial gains. Focussing on this crucial year author Neillands, in a controversial and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861053487
• ISBN13: 9781861053480
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Robson Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.6"