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Informationen zum Autor Dr Stephen Bull worked for the National Army Museum and BBC in London before taking up his current post as Curator of Military History and Archaeology with Lancashire Museums. A consultant to the University of Oxford he is also a Member of the Institute for Archaeologists, and has made TV appearances that include the series Battlefield Detectives, news and archaeology features. Published on both sides of the Atlantic and in several languages, he is the author of a number of works for Osprey including titles on tactics in World War II. Dr Bull has been one of the key contributors to the accompanying television series screened in the United Kingdom and North America. Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK. Klappentext 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. Both sides incurred major losses, however; German doctrine emphasised that the first line had to be held or retaken at all costs, a rigid defensive policy that led to very high casualties as the Germans threw survivors into ad hoc, piecemeal counterattacks all along the line. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and based on meticulous reassessment of the sources, this engaging study pits the volunteers of Kitchener's 'New Armies' against the German veterans who defended the Somme sector in the bloody battles of July-November 1916. Britain's mass army of volunteers - the 'New Armies' - saw their first prolonged test in the bloody struggle for the Somme sector in 1916, in which their frequently outnumbered German opponents proved to be staunch in defence but were often committed to bloody and inconclusive counterattacks. In this fully illustrated study an authority on infantry tactics pits these two forces against one another in the unforgiving terrain of the Somme battlefield in a clash that would shape infantry doctrine for both sides. Zusammenfassung In this fully illustrated study, an authority on infantry tactics pits these two forces against one another in the unforgiving terrain of the Somme battlefield in a clash that would shape infantry doctrine for both sides. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The opposing sides Serre: 1 July 1916 Guillemont: 30 July 1916 Thiepval: 26-27 September 1916 Analysis & conclusion Unit organizations Orders of battle Bibliography Index ...
