Somme: Into the Breach
Written by: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins 
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:06-30-16
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd.
4.30 (10 ratings)

No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the centennial year.

Despite this, this book shows the extent to which the Allied armies were in fact able repeatedly to break through the German front lines. The author has uncovered some remarkable stories, as yet unknown, of action and heroism in the face of battle. He weaves in these firsthand experiences, creating a remarkable portrait of life at the front