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Passchendaele (Paperback, New Ed)
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Passchendaele (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: W&N Military
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'Lions led by donkeys' has long been the received view of General
Haig and the loss of his troops in the Great War. This book is
another work which supports the more contemporary view that the
generals have been unfairly maligned. The horror of Passchendale of
the 'Third Battle of Ypres' is geographically described, but
wonderfully humanized by the extensive use of soldiers' accounts
who were at the Front. Insights into how men could knowingly walk
into almost certain death fill the pages. A paean to the
unextinguishable spirit of humanity. (Kirkus UK)
In the autumn of 1917, after years of stalemate at Ypres, the
British and French armies launched a massive offensive to take
Passchendaele Ridge. Following an extensive bombardment the Allies
began their attack, but the low ground between the lines had been
churned into a quagmire, and the attack was literally bogged down.
All surprise had been lost, and the German defence in depth was
well organized. For the first time the Germans used mustard gas,
while German planes flew low to strafe the British infantry with
machine guns. After two and a half months, the British finally took
the ridge, at the cost of 300,000 Allied lives. German losses in
the offensive were estimated at 260,000. Based on the archival
holdings, this work covers material about this horrific offensive.
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