This book discusses in detail the experience of German warfare in the first World War, focusing specifically on the battle of the Somme. The Somme, together with other regions of northern France, had also lain under German domination. Its inhabitants had been rigorously suppressed and their possessions carted off as booty. Finally, during their 1917 withdrawal, the Germans had subjected the whole region to Operation Alberich, a retreat involving unparalleled brutality which left the population in occupation of a wilderness wrought by war (the "scorched earth policy"). A well-known, and well-researched account, the authors have combined their research skills to produce a book which includes private testimonies. Amongst these are many unknown or previously unpublished letters and diaries as well as numerous photographs.

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Publisher

Pen & Sword Military

Year

2009

ISBN

9781781598603

Topic

Historia

Subtopic

Primera Guerra Mundial

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction - Total War – The Writing on the Wall at the Somme
Chapter One - The Road to the Somme German War Policy 1914 – 1916
Chapter Two - The German Occupation of Northern France
Chapter Three - The Battle of the Somme 1916
Chapter Four - Retreat and Destruction
Chapter Five - Return to the Somme 1918
Chapter Six - The German Memory of the Somme
Chapter Seven - Museums and First World War Memorials on the Somme