The Last Voices of the Somme: Survivors’ Accounts of World War One’s Brutal Reality
Introduction: Echoes of the Great War The Battle of the Somme stands as one of the most devastating episodes of World War One. It was a campaign steeped in hope but marked by unspeakable loss, with over 150,000 troops perishing by its grim conclusion in November 1916. Through a treasure trove of interviews with soldiers…