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Verdun : the longest battle of the Great War / / Paul Jankowski



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Autore: Jankowski Paul <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Verdun : the longest battle of the Great War / / Paul Jankowski Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
Disciplina: 940.4/272
Soggetto topico: Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Timeline; Introduction; 1. The Three Hundred Days of Verdun; 2. Verdun under German Eyes; 3. Verdun under French Eyes; 4. The Offensive Trap; 5. The Prestige Trap; 6. The Attritional Trap; 7. The Nightmare; 8. Rancor; 9. Warning Signals; 10. Enemies; 11. Circles of Loyalty; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix on Sources; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: At seven o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next ten hours, twelve hundred German guns showered shells on a salient in French lines. The massive weight of explosives collapsed dugouts, obliterated trenches, severed communication wires, and drove men mad. As the barrage lifted, German troops moved forward, darting from shell crater to shell crater. The battle of Verdun had begun. In Verdun, historian Paul Jankowski provides the definitive account of the iconic battle of World War I. A leading expert on the French past, Jankowski co
Titolo autorizzato: Verdun  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-931691-0
0-19-931690-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811376903321
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