02978nam 2200589 450 991079102830332120230617020534.01-4738-1705-61-78383-773-X(CKB)2550000001314436(EBL)1718480(OCoLC)881887711(SSID)ssj0001227849(PQKBManifestationID)11719827(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001227849(PQKBWorkID)11279320(PQKB)10606899(MiAaPQ)EBC1718480(Au-PeEL)EBL1718480(CaPaEBR)ebr10884662(CaONFJC)MIL617584(EXLCZ)99255000000131443620140703h20052005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPasschendaele the story behind the tragic victory of 1917 /Philip WarnerSouth Yorkshire, England :Pen & Sword Military Classics,2005.©20051 online resource (302 p.)Pen & Sword Military Classics ;Number 59Description based upon print version of record.1-84415-305-3 1-306-86333-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""1 It Must Come to a Fight""; ""2 The Cockpit of Europe""; ""3 The Preliminary Rounds""; ""4 The Mines at Messines""; ""5 Everywhere Successful""; ""6 Did We Really Send Men to Fight in This?""; ""7 See You Again in Hell""; ""8 The Difficulties Were Greatly Underestimated""; ""9 The Focus of a Spider's Web""; ""10 The Supporters""; ""11 The Other Side of the Hill""; ""12 The View from the Trenches""; ""13 Hindsight""; ""14 Visiting the Battlefield Today""""Select Bibliography""""Index""Nearly ninety years ago, on 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of World War 1. By 6th November, when Passchendaele village and the ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties. Philip Warner, the noted historian of twentieth-century warfare and the author of over fifty books on military history, many published by Pen and Sword, has skilfully brought together all the elements of this horrific campaign - the histoPen & Sword military classics (Series) ;Number 59.Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917.940.431Warner Philip1914-2000,198239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791028303321Passchendaele3826356UNINA