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
- ISBN13 9781844159734
- Publish Date 20 August 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pen & Sword Military
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English