The Gas Attack At Ypres
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The Gas Attacks
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Author : John Lee
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2009-06-18
The Gas Attacks written by John Lee and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-18 with History categories.
The mist of poisonous gas that drifted across no man's land from the German trenches opposite the Ypres salient on 22 April 1915 caused ghastly casualties and suffering among the unprepared defenders, and it opened up a huge seven-mile gap in the defensive line. It also signalled the beginning of a new and frightful era of industrialized warfare. John Lee's graphic and perceptive reassessment of this milestone in the history of the Great War - and of the gruelling full-scale battle that followed - is one of the few full-length studies of the event to have been published in recent times.
Gas Attack
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Author : N. M. Christie
language : en
Publisher: Cef Books
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Gas Attack written by N. M. Christie and has been published by Cef Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous categories.
World War One, 1915, WWI, Ypres. Canada.
Second Ypres 1915
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Author : Bhtv BHTV
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-08-19
Second Ypres 1915 written by Bhtv BHTV and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-19 with categories.
Gas The Battle For Ypres 1915
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Author : R. J. Steel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-26
Gas The Battle For Ypres 1915 written by R. J. Steel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-26 with History categories.
A fascinating World War One history that charts the first use of chemical weapons in modern warfare. Perfect for readers of Max Hastings, Martin Middlebrook and Tim Cook. By 1915, the Western Front had descended into deadlock. Near the town of Ypres soldiers from Canada, Britain, India, France, Belgium, the French Colonies and Germany sat in long winding trenches facing each other. German commanders sought to break through the Allied lines by using a new weapon: chlorine gas. At five o'clock on 22nd April 1915 German troops opened the valves on their deadly steel cylinders and chemical warfare entered the First World War. As the thick, yellow-green cloud of smoke was carried by the wind into Allied trenches it overcame all those who breathed in its poisonous vapours. By the end of the Second Battle of Ypres thousands of men had been killed and even more were injured as a result of gas. J. McWilliams and R. J. Steel uncover this horrifying battle from beginning to end and explore what it was like the for the French Algerians who first witnessed the gas clouds approaching them, how the Canadians stubbornly refused to retreat in the face of gas, what the British and Indians hoped to achieve with their tragic counterattacks, and ultimately why the German offensive failed. Gas! The Battle for Ypres, 1915 discusses the course of the battle not just from the perspective of generals, but also draws information from the accounts of field commanders and men who were there in the trenches witnessing these terrifying events first-hand.
Ypres The First Gas Attack
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Author : Yves Buffetaut
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Ypres The First Gas Attack written by Yves Buffetaut and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with categories.
The first gas attack, on the 22nd April 1915, described hour by hour.
The Second Battle Of Ypres
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-08-08
The Second Battle Of Ypres written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-08 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents World War I, also known in its time as the "Great War" or the "War to End all Wars," was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man's capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant. The arms race before the war and the attempt to break the deadlock of the Western and Eastern Fronts by any means possible changed the face of battle in ways that would have previously been deemed unthinkable. Before 1914, flying machines were objects of public curiosity; the first flights of any account on rotor aircraft had been made less than 5 years before and were considered to be the province of daredevils and lunatics. By 1918, all the great powers were fielding squadrons of fighting aircraft armed with machine guns and bombs, to say nothing of light reconnaissance planes. Tanks, a common feature on the battlefield by 1918, had not previously existed outside of the realm of science fiction stories written by authors like H.G. Wells. Machine guns had gone from being heavy, cumbersome pieces with elaborate water-cooling systems to single-man-portable, magazine-fed affairs like the Chauchat, the Lewis Gun and the M1918 BAR. To these grim innovations were added flamethrowers, hand grenades, zeppelins, observation balloons, poison gas, and other improvements or inventions that revolutionized the face of warfare. With the exception of a few hours on Christmas Day 1914, the shelling, sniping, raids, and bloodshed at Ypres in Belgium never ceased from the moment of first contact between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the Imperial German army. The Ypres salient had formed the previous year during the "race to the sea," when the opposing armies tried and failed to outflank each other in a series of maneuvers and counter-maneuvers. Still pleasant at the time of the First Battle of Ypres, the ground of the Ypres salient had deteriorated markedly by spring of 1915. At this point, the Germans had not yet leveled Ypres itself, though they had reduced the famous church and medieval Cloth Hall to rubble with long-range shelling. The Germans held the low ridges to the east, which surrounded the low ground held by the British in a bowl-like semicircle, with their "headquarters town" at Passchendaele. The Second Battle of Ypres resulted from the German decision to use poison gas against the Allied lines in an effort to produce a breakthrough. The French attempted the use of non-lethal tear gas first, in August 1914, after which the Germans did the same. Both attempts produced no results, and the Second Battle of Ypres would end inconclusively, but the gas attack opening this battle represented the first large-scale use of lethal chemicals in the war. The Second Battle of Ypres: The History of the Notorious World War I Battle that Witnessed the First Mass Use of Poison Gas analyzes one of the Great War's most important conflicts, and how it was emblematic of the stalemate that came from new technology and trench warfare. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Second Battle of Ypres like never before.
Gas
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Author : James L. McWilliams
language : en
Publisher: St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
Release Date : 1985
Gas written by James L. McWilliams and has been published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Ypres Passchendaele
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Author : Tonie Holt
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2006-09-15
Ypres Passchendaele written by Tonie Holt and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-15 with History categories.
A guide to these historic Belgian landmarks of the First World War, with maps and photos. Covering the Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the best-known and most important sites of the area in Belgium. Part of a series of guides, it serves as an introduction to the historic battlefields, whether on the ground or from an armchair. Included are selections from the Holts' more detailed guides of the most popular and accessible sites, many full color maps and photographs, and detailed instructions on what to see and where to visit.
Magnificent But Not War
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Author : John Dixon
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Magnificent But Not War written by John Dixon and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with History categories.
"[This volume] is essentially a day-by-day record of the Second Battle of Ypres which draws heavily upon personal accounts, regimental histories and war diaries to present a comprehensive study of the battle in which Germany gained the dubious distinction of becoming the first nation in history to use poisonous gas as a weapon of war"--Jacket.
Beyond Courage
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Author : George H. Cassar
language : en
Publisher: Oberon
Release Date : 1985
Beyond Courage written by George H. Cassar and has been published by Oberon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Det var under det andet slag ved Ypres i april 1915, at tyskerne for første gang anvendte kemiske våben mod de allierede, også mod de endnu uprøvede canadiere, som var forsvarsløse mod giftgassen. På trods af store canadiske tab, holdt de deres stillinger i tre døgn.