Passchendaele
Nick LloydBetween 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.
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Tahun:
2017
Penerbit:
Penguin Books Ltd
Bahasa:
english
ISBN 10:
0241970113
ISBN 13:
9780241970119
File:
EPUB, 29.95 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2017