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Passchendaele
Nigel Steel
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Description for Passchendaele
Paperback. A compelling account of the battle for Passchendaele from grand strategy at the highest levels right down to the experience of the ordinary infantrymen Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
A compelling account of the battle for Passchendaele from grand strategy at the highest levels right down to the experience of the ordinary infantrymen. 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 intensive 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 organised. For the first ... Read more
A compelling account of the battle for Passchendaele from grand strategy at the highest levels right down to the experience of the ordinary infantrymen. 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 intensive 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 organised. For the first ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Cassell Military Paperbacks
Condition
New
Weight
307 g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780304359752
SKU
V9780304359752
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99-50
About Nigel Steel
Nigel Steel and Peter Hart are both historians at the Imperial War Museum in London. They have collaborated on three previous titles, on Gallipoli, Jutland and the war in the air
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