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For most British people, the First World War was the Western Front, the trench line stretching from the Swiss Frontier to the North Sea. It was there that the majority of nearly nine million British and Dominion soldiers who enlisted during the war served, and where most of the 947,000 who were killed met their deaths. This detailed but accessible account covers everything from how the front was created and the experiences of the British Army in France, to the battle of Verdun and the last hundred days of the war. Holmes' concise and heartfelt narrative is illustrated with photographs, diagrams, maps and quotations that bring this inhuman four years of history to life. In one of the best single-volume histories of the First World War available, Holmes skillfully clarifies the complexities of the Western Front, and highlights the political, military and human dilemmas of this, the most bitter and bloody of conflicts.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Western Front
• Author: Richard Holmes
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9781846075827
• ISBN: 1846075823
• ID: 04275894
• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• Weight: 196 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 126 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. November 2008

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