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Cheerful Sacrifice (Paperback)

by Jonathan Nicholls (Author)

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd; illustrated edition edition (19 Nov 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1844153266
ISBN-13: 978-1844153268
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm

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Tells the story of the spring offensive of April - May 1917, otherwise known as the Battle of Arras. The author gives the Battle of Arras its proper place in the annals of military history, enhancing his text with a wealth of eye-witness accounts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 25 Feb 2008

By	S. Kelly "Sean" (Stockton on Tees, Cleveland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Just finished this, and this is easily the most interesting and easily readable book I've read on the Great War and currently my collection of books on this topic is into 3 figures.

Very informative read, the true life memories from veterans are both heartbreaking and awe inspiring.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 31 May 2009

By	Rogthedodge (London) - See all my reviews

This is worthy of Middlebrook himself (the author was a protege and MM writes the forward)

It's a similar style to MM's 'Somme'- unit by unit descriptions of the battle phases interspersed with quotes from the (then-surviving) veterans. It's a very effective mixture; strategic grasp and human interest.

It's fascinating and humbling to read the accounts of bayonetting people in the guts, chucking grenades down into crowded dug-outs etc and then realise they were given by the sweet old gents pictured making a last pilgrimage to the battlefields and their mates' graves.
All soldiers should read this book for this aspect alone - it's a commentary on the fragility of life and the inevitability of aging (if you're lucky).

I particularly like the use of 'Punch' cartoons throughout the book (an over-looked area of study). They help to convey that this was a supreme national effort and probably this country's (and the Empire's) finest hour and that humour (normally gallows') is an essential component of any military endeavour.

I have circa 150 books on WW1 and this is in my top 10, buy it - you won't regret it.

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