Название: August 1914: France, the Great War, and a Month That Changed the World Forever
Автор: Bruno Cabanes
Издательство: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300208278
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 256
Размер: 7,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
A haunting portrait of France at war On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks. Yet before the month was out, twenty-seven thousand French soldiers died on the single day of August 22 alone-the worst catastrophe in French military history.