Twelve Days on the Somme

Sidney Rogerson has put down, plainly and simply, the experiences of his battalion. There is no attempt to compass drama by any device of selection or exaggeration.' - The Observer.

O operatiune comuna intre Marea Britanie si Franta in 1916, Batalia de la Somme a fost o incercare de a castiga teritoriu si de a pune in pericol forta militara a Germaniei. Pana la sfarsitul actiunii, castigase foarte putin teren: Fortele Aliate facusera doar 12 km.