Passchendaele : a new history / Nick Lloyd.
Τύπος υλικού: ΚείμενοΛεπτομέρειες δημοσίευσης: [London] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017.Περιγραφή: xviii, 410 σ. : εικ., χάρτες ; 24 εκISBN:- 9780241004364
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Between 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.