The extinguished flame : Olympians killed in the Great War /
by McCrery, Nigel.
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BookPublisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016Description: xiii, 280 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781473877986 (hbk.) :; 1473877989 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 796.4809 MCCSubject(s): Olympic athletes -- Biography | Olympic athletes -- Death -- History -- 20th century | Olympics -- History | World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects | Biography | BiographySummary: In August 2016 the world will be spellbound by the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as 10,500 athletes from 206 countries compete in 306 events. Tracing their origins back to the Greeks in 776 BC, the history of the Olympics is a glorious one but it has had its darker moments. During the First World War no fewer than 135 Olympians perished. Many had won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. They came not just from the UK, Germany, France, USA but from all over the globe.
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| 796.48 JEN The first London Olympics, 1908 | 796.48 TEL The Telegraph book of the Olympics | 796.4802 HAL The Olympics | 796.4809 MCC The extinguished flame : Olympians killed in the Great War / | 796.5 HUM Grand adventures / | 796.51 BER Hiking | 796.51 CON Lancashire walks |
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In August 2016 the world will be spellbound by the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as 10,500 athletes from 206 countries compete in 306 events. Tracing their origins back to the Greeks in 776 BC, the history of the Olympics is a glorious one but it has had its darker moments. During the First World War no fewer than 135 Olympians perished. Many had won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. They came not just from the UK, Germany, France, USA but from all over the globe.
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