From the Somme to Victory: The British Army’s Experience on the Western Front 1916-1918
Contents
Foreword
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Abbreviations
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 ‘Everyman at War’ Revisited
Chapter 2 The Lessons and Legacy of the Somme: Changing Historical Perspectives
Chapter 3 The Performance of New Army Divisions on the Somme, 1916
Chapter 4 A Key Point in the Learning Process?: The 18th (Eastern) Division and the Capture of Thiepval, September 1916
Chapter 5 Somme Footnote: The Battle of the Ancre and the Struggle for Frankfort Trench, November 1916
Chapter 6 ‘The Absolute Limit’: British Divisions at Villers-Bretonneux, 1918
Chapter 7 ‘Somewhat Ambitious’: V Corps and the Recapture of Thiepval and the Ancre Heights, August 1918
Chapter 8 ‘Up the Sharp End’: The Experience of the 12th (Eastern) Division in the Hundred Days, August–November 1918
Notes
Sources and Bibliography