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Trial by Gas - The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres (Hardcover)
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Trial by Gas - The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres (Hardcover)
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World War I has long captured the macabre imagination for the
seemingly willful manner in which nations sent their young men to
die in droves while fighting over essentially the same patch of
land for four long years. The vision of those senseless deaths
becomes even harsher and more depraved when we consider how many
soldiers were killed by poison gas. In May 1915 the long and bloody
Second Battle of Ypres gained notoriety for the participants’ use
of poison gas, the first time the weapon had been used in battle.
With both sides realizing the importance of victory in Ypres, moral
considerations were set aside. Although other, more costly battles
of World War I have often overshadowed the Second Battle of Ypres
despite the unprecedented use of gas in the latter, that battle now
receives an examination commensurate with its significance. In
Trial by Gas, George H. Cassar focuses on the conflict’s second
half: the battles at Frenzenberg Ridge and Bellewaarde Ridge, both
of which were fought primarily by British units, taking the reader
inside the trenches and behind the desks of those making the
decisions. Cassar’s intimate account offers an accurate, clear,
and complete chronicle of a battle with a remarkably enduring
impact despite its indecisive outcome.
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