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Passchendaele Nigel Steel

Passchendaele By Nigel Steel

Passchendaele by Nigel Steel


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A compelling account of the battle for Passchendaele from grand strategy at the highest levels right down to the experience of the ordinary infantrymen

Passchendaele Summary

Passchendaele by Nigel Steel

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 time the Germans used mustard gas, while German planes flew low to strafe the British infantry with machine guns. After two and a half months the British finally took the ridge they had been aiming for, but at the cost of over 300,000 Allied lives. German losses in the offensive were estimated at 260,000.

Based on the archival holdings at the Imperial War Museum, this book gathers together a wealth of material about this horrific offensive. A history to appeal to the scholar and the general reader alike.

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

Table of Contents

1 Gestation; 2 Messines; 3 Plans and Preparations; 4 Pilckem Ridge, 31 July 1917; 5 August Despair; 6 Footsloggers; 7 Gunners; 8 Bite and Hold; 9 Journey's End; 10 Epilogue; Notes to the text; Sources; Index

Additional information

GOR001524244
9780304359752
0304359750
Passchendaele by Nigel Steel
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
2001-11-08
352
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