The Somme

The offensive on the Somme took place between July and November 1916 and is perhaps the most iconic battle of the Great War. It was there that Kitchener’s famous ‘Pals’ Battalions were first sent into action en masse and it was a battlefield where many of the dreams and aspirations of a nation, hopeful of victory, were agonizingly dashed. 

Because of its legendary status, the Somme has been the subject of many books, and many more will come out next year. However, nothing has ever been published on the Battle in which the soldiers’ own photographs have been used to illustrate both the campaign’s extraordinary comradeship and its carnage.

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Some books that may interest you

Eyewitness In the Crimea By: Michael Hargreave Mawson	A Motorcycle Courier in the Great War By: W.H.L Watson Edited by: Bob Carruthers	End Game Burma 1945 By: Michael Pearson
With the Guns 1914 - 1918 By: Stanley Foxall, John Jones	Rugbeians in the Great War By: Daniel McLean	Hitler's Tank Destroyers By: Paul Thomas
Rommel's Ghost Division: Dash to the Channel - 1940 By: David Mitchelhill-Green	Flying Start By: Hugh Dundas	Cox's Navy By: Tony Booth