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They Called It Passchendaele
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Author : Lyn MACDONALD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
They Called It Passchendaele written by Lyn MACDONALD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with categories.
They Called It Passchendaele
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Author : Lyn Macdonald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
They Called It Passchendaele written by Lyn Macdonald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
They Called It Passchendaele
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Author : Lynn Macdonal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
They Called It Passchendaele written by Lynn Macdonal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Ypres, Battle Of categories.
Passchendaele
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Author : Lyn MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Viking
Release Date : 2013-09-26
Passchendaele written by Lyn MacDonald and has been published by Viking this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Now reissued to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War 'Four years of war turned Ypres into a ghost town. Not a leaf grew on a tree. Scarcely one stone stood upon another. From the battered ramparts the eye swept clean across a field of rubble to the swamp-lands beyond . . .' The Third Battle of Ypres, ending in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the history of warfare. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in summer of 1917, mostly raw young troops keen to do their bit for King and Country. This book tells their tale of mounting disillusion amid mud, terror and increasingly desperate attacks, yet it is also a story of immense courage, comradeship, high spirits and hope. In They Called it Passchendaele, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 soldiers speak for themselves. In doing so, she portrays events from the only point of view that really matters. 'Her basic inspiration is compassion, her technique is scrupulously painstaking. And her application in finding, interviewing and editing innumerable contributions can only be admired' Daily Telegraph
They Called It Passchendaele
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Author : Lyn Macdonald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
They Called It Passchendaele written by Lyn Macdonald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Ieper (Belgium), 3d Battle of, 1917 categories.
Somme
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Author : Lyn Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1993-06-24
Somme written by Lyn Macdonald and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-06-24 with History categories.
2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme 'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks of Kitchener's Army before the Battle of the Somme...' The year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history: as the youthful hopes of a generation were crushed in a desperate struggle to survive, and traditional attitudes to authority were destroyed for ever. On paper, few battles have ever been so meticulously planned. Yet while there were good political reasons to launch a joint offensive with a French Army demoralized by huge casualties at Verdun, the raw troops on the ground knew nothing of that. A hundred and fifty thousand were killed in the punishing shellfire, the endless ordeal of attack and counter-attack; twice that number were left maimed or wounded. Here, almost for the first time, Lyn Macdonald lets the men who were there give their own testimony. Their stories are vivid, harrowing, sometimes terrifying - yet shot through with humour, immense courage and an astonishing spirit of resilience. 'What the reader will longest remember are the words - heartbroken, blunt, angry - of the men who lived through the bloodbath...a worthy addition to the literature of the Great War...'Daily Mail Over the past twenty years Lyn Macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the First World War. Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the First World War. Most are published by Penguin.
The Roses Of No Man S Land
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Author : Lyn MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1993-06-24
The Roses Of No Man S Land written by Lyn MacDonald and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-06-24 with History categories.
THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE BBC DRAMA THE CRIMSON FIELD 'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War ...' Yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion. In leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantly. It was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spirit. And it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anything. All this is superbly captured in The Roses of No Man's Land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courage. 'Lyn Macdonald writes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the Western Front' Sunday Telegraph Over the past twenty years Lyn Macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the First World War. Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the First World War. Most are published by Penguin.
Passchendaele
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Author : Nick Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2017-05-04
Passchendaele written by Nick Lloyd and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-04 with History categories.
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.
To The Last Man
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Author : Lyn MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-06-25
To The Last Man written by Lyn MacDonald and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with History categories.
'Hers is a formidable achievement.' - Sebastian Faulks This is the account of the battle, the retreat and the stand at Amiens which saved the city, secured the line, and caused Ludendorff to call off his offensive in the spring of 1918. But mostly it is the story of the men who took part: the Commanders, the weary, resolute British Tommies, the exultant Germans, the French poilus rushed up to stiffen the defence and the still unblooded Doughboys from the U.S.
1915
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Author : Lyn MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1997-03-17
1915 written by Lyn MacDonald and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-17 with History categories.
Over two decades' research puts Lyn Macdonald among the greatest popular chroniclers of the First World War. In 1915: The Death of Innocence, from the poignant memories of participants, she has once again created an unforgettable slice of military history. By the end of 1914, the battered British forces were bogged down, yet hopeful that promised reinforcements and spring weather would soon lead to a victorious breakthrough. A year later, after appalling losses at Aubers Ridge, Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres and faraway Gallipoli, fighting seemed set to go on for ever. Drawing on extensive interviews, letters and diaries, this book brilliantly evokes the soldiers' dogged heroism, sardonic humour and terrible loss of innocence through 'a year of cobbling together, of frustration, of indecision'. 'It is rare to find a history of the First World War which manages to convey the front-line soldiers' experiences and to describe what it was that enabled those who survived to get through it. Lyn Macdonald has done just that' Sunday Times Over the past twenty years Lyn Macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the First World War. Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the First World War. Most are published by Penguin.