The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
One of Britain’s greatest historians, Sir Alistair Horne, CBE, is the author of several famous books on French history as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.
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The Price Of GloryPreface 1. La Débâcle 2. Joffre of the Marne 3. Falkenhayn 4. Operation Gericht 5. The Waiting Machine 6. The First Day 7. The Fall of Colonel Driant 8. Breakthrough 9. Fort Douaumont 10. De Castelnau Decides 11. Pétain 12. The Take-over 13. Reappraisals 14. The Mort Homme 15. Widening Horizons 16. In Another Country 17. The Air Battle 18. The Crown Prince 19. the Triumvirate 20. 'May Cup' 21. Fort Vaux 22. Danger Signals 23. The Secret Enemies 24. The Crisis 25. Falkenhayn Dismissed 26. The Counterstrokes 27. The New Leader 28. Aftermath Epilogue Bibliography of Principal Sources Reference Notes Index
The Price Of GloryPreface 1. La Débâcle 2. Joffre of the Marne 3. Falkenhayn 4. Operation Gericht 5. The Waiting Machine 6. The First Day 7. The Fall of Colonel Driant 8. Breakthrough 9. Fort Douaumont 10. De Castelnau Decides 11. Pétain 12. The Take-over 13. Reappraisals 14. The Mort Homme 15. Widening Horizons 16. In Another Country 17. The Air Battle 18. The Crown Prince 19. the Triumvirate 20. 'May Cup' 21. Fort Vaux 22. Danger Signals 23. The Secret Enemies 24. The Crisis 25. Falkenhayn Dismissed 26. The Counterstrokes 27. The New Leader 28. Aftermath Epilogue Bibliography of Principal Sources Reference Notes Index
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