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Cheerful Sacrifice: Battle of Arras, 1917 (Hardcover)

by Martin Middlebrook (Foreword), Jonathan Nicholls (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd; New edition edition (Jun 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0850525209
  • ISBN-13: 978-0850525205
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 15.9 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 490,857 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In this book, Nicholls provides an account o f the 39-day long battle of Arras, which remains the most le thal and costly British offensive of WW1. He reveals the hor rors of trench warfare and the bravery of the soldiers who f ought in the war. '

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent "anecdotal" history., 20 Jun 2002
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The Second Battle of Arras in April 1917 is an important Great War Battle which has, undeservedly, received little attention in modern popular histories. Modern authors have tended to concentrate on the more famous Battles of the Somme 1916 and Third Ypres 1917. Yet Arras was a huge Battle for the British Army. Important and interesting in its own right; it was also an important phase in the development of British tactics that led from the debacle of the First Day of the Somme to the triumphs of the Hundred Days.

"Cheerful Sacrifice" therefore, usefully fills a gap in modern histories.

We are particularly fortunate that this book is very well researched and written, with excellent and helpful maps. It covers the whole Battle from its successful opening to its costly conclusion. The lesson of when to "close down" a battle would not be learnt by the British until 1918.

It is what I term "anecdaotal" history in that it presents a series of individual accounts woven together into a coherent story with background explanation. It is in the style of the excellent "The First Day on the Somme." Not only does one gain an understanding of the whole Battle: one also gains something of an understanding of the experiences of the individual "Tommy."

It is an interesting and moving (particularly for those of us who had relatives fighting in the Battle) book. Time has moved on since it was researched and a book like this could not now be written on the Great War. Highly recommended: a must for those interested in the Western Front.

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5.0 out of 5 stars History with heart, 13 April 2005
I was going to give this book 4 stars but could find no reason to mark it down from 5! The research is exhaustive. The writing is clear and authorative without sounding bossy. It resists the point-scoring and dryness of a number of the more 'academic' texts on the later part of the Great War. Illustrations actually complement the text as opposed to the random sample we seem to get in many WWI books. There are several good maps too. After just returning from the Arras battlefield I feel that I actually understand it better because of this book. I also appreciate the men who fought and died (and who fought and then had to live on without their pals)far more than I would have done otherwise. Not a book on generalship for the armchair strategist, but one that anybody with a heart as well as a mind will appreciate. I find it sad that the British actions in the Chemical Works at Roeux remain little known. Remedy this and read the book!
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