Ypres Passchendaele
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Passchendaele In Perspective
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Author : Peter H. Liddle
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-01-30
Passchendaele In Perspective written by Peter H. Liddle 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 2017-01-30 with History categories.
Passchendaele In Perspective explores the context and real nature of the participants experience, evaluates British and German High Command, the aerial and maritime dimensions of the battle, the politicians and manpower debates on the home front and it looks at the tactics employed, the weapons and equipment used, the experience of the British; German and indeed French soldiers. It looks thoroughly into the Commonwealth soldiers contribution and makes an unparalleled attempt to examine together in one volume specialist facets of the battle, the weather, field survey and cartography, discipline and morale, and the cultural and social legacy of the battle, in art, literature and commemoration. Each one of its thirty chapters presents a thought-provoking angle on the subject.They add up to an unique analysis of the battle from Commonwealth, American, German, French, Belgian and United Kingdom historians. This book will undoubtedly become a valued work of reference for all those with an interest in World War One.
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.
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 History categories.
Passchendaele 1917
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Author : Robert J. Parker
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-06-15
Passchendaele 1917 written by Robert J. Parker and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-15 with History categories.
A new centenary history of the infamous Western Front campaign for the Belgian village of Passchendaele fought from 31 July - 10 November 1917.
They Called It Passchendaele
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Author : Lyn MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1993-06-24
They Called It Passchendaele 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 third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. In this masterly piece of oral history, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 participants speak for themselves. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in the 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 desperate privation, yet it is also a story of immense courage, comradeship, songs, high spirits and bawdy humour. They Called It Passchendaele portrays the human realities behind one of the most disastrous events in the history of warfare.
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.
Passchendaele
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Author : Philip Warner
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2005-07-30
Passchendaele written by Philip Warner 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 2005-07-30 with History categories.
Nearly ninety years ago, on 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of World War 1. By 6th November, when Passchendaele village and the ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties. Philip Warner, the noted historian of twentieth-century warfare and the author of over fifty books on military history, many published by Pen and Sword, has skilfully brought together all the elements of this horrific campaign - the historical background, personal accounts, strategies and tactics, the personalities and the political manoeuvres. He investigates the issues which had a crucial effect on the course of the battle, including the mutinous state of the French army, the bombardment which destroyed the drainage system, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's determination to continue operations despite the appalling weather and ground conditions, and the stormy relationship between Haig and Lloyd George. However, it is the determined fighting ability and the bravery of the allied soldiers, rather than the tactical plans of the commanders, that dominate this detailed and totally absorbing account of the harrowing four-month campaign called the Battle of Passchendaele. Passchendaele is a masterly and timely analysis of one of the most important battles in history.
Passchendaele
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Author : Norman Leach
language : en
Publisher: Coteau Books
Release Date : 2008
Passchendaele written by Norman Leach and has been published by Coteau Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
This fully-illustrated, easily-accessible, account of the battle of Passchendaele presents the background and details of Canada's coming of age in The Great War. During WWI, the battle for the tiny Belgium town Passchendaele was one of the most significant tests of Canadian courage and expertise. British Commander-in-Chief General Douglas Haig had devised one of the most controversial stratagems of the entire war: Allied forces would attack headlong into the heavily fortified German entrenchments, capture the town of Passchendaele and its highlands, and drive toward the coast to destroy German submarine bases. General Arthur Currie's Canadian Corps was called to the front for this attack. After their victories at Vimy Ridge and Hill 70, the Canadians had earned the nickname storm troopers for, like a storm, they could not be stopped. Even for the battle-hardened Canadians, Passchendaele was a living hell. Many drowned in the mud before ever seeing the enemy. Others died from deadly chlorine gas, and others from artillery shells that rained down in numbers over 175 per square metre. The Canadians seized Passchendaele, succeeding where all others had failed, and displaying high standards of leadership, staff work and training.The Corps had suffered 16,000 casualties; nine Victoria Crosses were awarded to acknowledge the extraordinary heroism. Though the actual value of the campaign is debated to this day, one thing is certain: Canadians had been tested against the worst horrors of the Great War, and they had proven their valour.
Passchendaele
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Author : Chris McCarthy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Passchendaele written by Chris McCarthy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Passchendaele
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Author : Robin Prior
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2016-07-26
Passchendaele written by Robin Prior and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-26 with History categories.
No conflict of the Great War excites stronger emotions than the war in Flanders in the autumn of 1917, and no name better encapsulates the horror and apparent futility of the Western Front than Passchendaele. By its end there had been 275,000 Allied and 200,000 German casualties. Yet the territorial gains made by the Allies in four desperate months were won back by Germany in only three days the following March. The devastation at Passchendaele, the authors argue, was neither inevitable nor inescapable; perhaps it was not necessary at all. Using a substantial archive of official and private records, much of which has never been previously consulted, Trevor Wilson and Robin Prior provide the fullest account of the campaign ever published. The book examines the political dimension at a level which has hitherto been absent from accounts of "Third Ypres." It establishes what did occur, the options for alternative action, and the fundamental responsibility for the carnage. Prior and Wilson consider the shifting ambitions and stratagems of the high command, examine the logistics of war, and assess what the available manpower, weaponry, technology, and intelligence could realistically have hoped to achieve. And, most powerfully of all, they explore the experience of the soldiers in the light—whether they knew it or not—of what would never be accomplished.