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Passchendaele - The Day-by-Day Account (Paperback)
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It will be forever known as Passchendaele: the very word is used to
describe wretched and perilous conditions such as were encountered
at the battles which became officially designated as Third Ypres.
There with better tactics, equipment and experience than he had
previously employed, Haig was surely set for considerable advance
and ultimate success. Initial successes were, however, reversed by
stout German defence and weak British strategy before unprecedented
rainfall reduced the Belgian landscape to a quagmire. Through
August the British suffered net losses and only towards the end of
September did the more enlightened command of Plumer bring gains
against the German divisions, only for more rain and the subsequent
reduction of offensive effectiveness to reduce territorial gains to
a meaningless trickle. Following his popular volume on The
Somme,Chris McCarthy re-assesses and enhances the official history
of Third Ypres, presenting his research with comprehenive
illustrations and valuable coloured maps.
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