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Winter, Michael, 1965-, author
Into the blizzard : walking the fields of the Newfoundland
dead / Michael Winter.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-385-67785-1
eBook ISBN 978-0-385-67786-8
1. Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. 2. Beaumont-Hamel, Battle of, Beaumont-Hamel, France, 1916. 3. Great Britain. Army. Royal Newfoundland Regiment. 4. World War, 1914-1918—Regimental histories—Canada. 5. World War, 1914-1918—Newfoundland and Labrador. I. Title.
D545.S7W45 2014 940.4’272 C2014-903151-3
C2014-903152-1
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