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Title

Scorched earth : the Germans on the Somme, 1914-1918 / by Gerhard Hirschfeld, Gerd Krumeich and Irina Renz ; translated by Geoffrey Brooks.

Author

Hirschfeld, Gerhard.

Publication

Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Renz, Irina.
• Krumeich, Gerd.

Description

217 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"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 Amongst these are many unknown or previously unpublished letters and diaries as well as numerous photographs"--Jacket.

Subject

• Germany. Heer > History > World War, 1914-1918
• Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
• Somme, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Translated from the German.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The road to the Somme German war policy 1914-1916 -- The German occupation of Northern France -- The Battle of the Somme 1916 -- Retreat and destruction 1917 -- Return to the Somme 1918 -- The German memory of the Somme -- Museums and First World War memorials on the Somme.

ISBN

• 9781844159734 (hbk.)
• 1844159736 (hbk.)

OCLC

312626635

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library