Three Armies on the Somme

By William James Philpott

For decades, the Battle of the Somme has exemplified the horrors and futility of trench warfare. Here William Philpott argues that the battle ultimately gave the British and French forces on the We...

Anglo-French relations and strategy on the Western Front 1914-18

By William James Philpott

This book is the first critical study of the Anglo-French political and military relationship in the First World War, focusing on joint military operations in the main theatre, the western front. I...

Attrition: Fighting the First World War

By William James Philpott, William Philpott

Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century

By William James Philpott, William Philpott

Palgrave advances in modern military history

By Hughes Matthew, Matthew Hughes, William James Philpott

Attrition

By William James Philpott

Attrition

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Bloody victory

By William James Philpott

War of attrition

By William James Philpott

The Great War of 1914-1918 was the first mass conflict to fully mobilize the resources of industrial powers against one another, resulting in a brutal, bloody, protracted war of attrition between t...

Three armies on the Somme

By William James Philpott