2006/12/01 by William Philpott · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Alliance #Ancient history #Archaeology #Battle #Context (archaeology) #Decisive victory #Engineering #Front (military) #Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis #Historiography #History #Law #Military history #Military strategy #Offensive #Operations research #Political science #Politics #Victory #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies #World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
paper · doi:10.1080/09592290600943262
openalex publication_date 2006/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The British historiography of the 1916 battle of the Somme fails to engage with the alliance dimension of the campaign. This article considers the battle in the strategic framework of the Allied General Offensive agreed on in 1915, and puts it in the context of French and British strategic, operational and tactical progress on the western front in the First World War. In particular it brings out the significant French role in the planning and conduct of the battle. It concludes that the battle was a victory because it turned the course of the war in the western allies favour.