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Passchendaele: The Battle that nearly lost the Allies the War
Paul Ham
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Description for Passchendaele: The Battle that nearly lost the Allies the War
Hardback. Shows how ordinary men on both sides endured the constant state of siege, with a very real awareness that they were being gradually felled. This book tells the story of ordinary men in the grip of an extraordinary global power struggle. It also examines the culpability of governments and military commanders in a catastrophe. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
'Outstanding . . . thought-provoking, readable and informative' Soldier One hundred years on... On 18 July 1917, a heavy artillery barrage was unleashed by the Allied forces against an entrenched German army outside the town of Ypres. it was to be the opening salvo of one of the most ferociously fought and debilitating encounters of the First World War. Few battles would encapsulate the utter futility of the war better that what became known as the Battle of Passchendaele. By the time the British and Canadian forces finally captured Passchendaele ... Read more
'Outstanding . . . thought-provoking, readable and informative' Soldier One hundred years on... On 18 July 1917, a heavy artillery barrage was unleashed by the Allied forces against an entrenched German army outside the town of Ypres. it was to be the opening salvo of one of the most ferociously fought and debilitating encounters of the First World War. Few battles would encapsulate the utter futility of the war better that what became known as the Battle of Passchendaele. By the time the British and Canadian forces finally captured Passchendaele ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857525291
SKU
9780857525291
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99-1
About Paul Ham
Paul Ham is the author of the critically acclaimed Sandakan, Hiroshima Nagasaki, Vietnam: The Australian War, Kokoda and 1914: The Year the World Ended. A former correspondent for the Sunday Times (between 1998-2012), Paul was born in Sydney and educated in Australia and Britain, where he completed a Masters degree in Economic History at the London School ... Read more
Reviews for Passchendaele: The Battle that nearly lost the Allies the War
Excellent
Spectator
Outstanding . . . thought-provoking, readable and informative
Soldier
In this centenary study, Australian military historian Paul Ham gives the strategic and political background to the battle. Which he sees as the defining tragedy in the greater disaster of the First World War
BBC History Magazine
Spectator
Outstanding . . . thought-provoking, readable and informative
Soldier
In this centenary study, Australian military historian Paul Ham gives the strategic and political background to the battle. Which he sees as the defining tragedy in the greater disaster of the First World War
BBC History Magazine