LEADER 02978nam 2200589 450 001 9910810555603321 005 20230617020534.0 010 $a1-4738-1705-6 010 $a1-78383-773-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001314436 035 $a(EBL)1718480 035 $a(OCoLC)881887711 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001227849 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11719827 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001227849 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11279320 035 $a(PQKB)10606899 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1718480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1718480 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10884662 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL617584 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001314436 100 $a20140703h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPasschendaele $ethe story behind the tragic victory of 1917 /$fPhilip Warner 210 1$aSouth Yorkshire, England :$cPen & Sword Military Classics,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 225 1 $aPen & Sword Military Classics ;$vNumber 59 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84415-305-3 311 $a1-306-86333-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""Select Bibliography""""Index"" 330 $aNearly ninety years ago, on 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of World War 1. By 6th November, when Passchendaele village and the ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties. Philip Warner, the noted historian of twentieth-century warfare and the author of over fifty books on military history, many published by Pen and Sword, has skilfully brought together all the elements of this horrific campaign - the histo 410 0$aPen & Sword military classics (Series) ;$vNumber 59. 606 $aYpres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917 615 0$aYpres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917. 676 $a940.431 700 $aWarner$b Philip$f1914-2000,$0198239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810555603321 996 $aPasschendaele$93995971 997 $aUNINA