Название: Combat Book 5 - British Infantryman vs German Infantryman: Somme 1916
Автор: Stephen Bull
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1782009140
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 80
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 17,3 МБ
Язык: Английский
The mighty struggle for the Somme sector of the Western Front in the second half of 1916 has come to be remembered for the dreadful toll of casualties inflicted on Britain's 'New Armies' by the German defenders on the first day of the offensive, 1 July. The battle continued, however, throughout the autumn and only came to a close in the bitter cold of mid-November. The British plan relied on the power of artillery to suppress and destroy the German defences; the infantry were tasked with taking and holding the German trenches, but minimal resistance was anticipated.