Passchendaele : a new history /
Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-hol...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books,
2017.
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| Summary: | Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-holes. The climax was one of the worst battles of both world wars: Passchendaele. The village fell eventually, only for the whole offensive to be called off. But, as Nick Lloyd shows, notably through previously unexamined German documents, it put the Allies nearer to a major turning point in the war than we have ever imagined. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 410 σ. : εικ., χάρτες ; 24 εκ. |
| Bibliography: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές (σ. [375]-390) και ευρετήριο. |
| ISBN: | 9780241004364 |
